Moss apologises to fashion bosses

Kate Moss has made a sincere apology to high street fashion house H&M after a British newspaper published photographs on Thursday of the supermodel allegedly snorting cocaine.

The UK beauty recently secured a $1.8m (€1.5m) deal to advertise a new range of H&M clothing designed by Stella McCartney - and the Swedish company expressed disappointment with her behaviour during a face-to-face meeting in New York City.

But fears Moss would lose a series of lucrative contracts seem to have been allayed with the news that H&M marketing director Jorgen Andersson has accepted her apology and will go ahead with the advertising campaign fronted by the 31-year-old.

H&M spokesperson Anacarin Bjorne says: "We are very anti-drugs and insist all our models are healthy and sound. What happened is in Kate's private life, but we are all very disappointed in her.

"Kate has apologised and was full of remorse for her actions. She has assured us it will not happen again, and we are willing to give her another chance."

Moss earns an estimated yearly income of $7.2m (€5.9m) from a series of longstanding contracts other fashion houses including Burberry, Christian Dior, Rimmel, H Stern and Chanel - and representatives for most her employers have refused to comment on the pictures.