“The family are devastated and are spending precious time with Archie.”

A last-ditch plea to the European Court of Human Rights to intervene in the case was rejected late on Friday, following a High Court ruling that he must remain at Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London

His parents have fought a long-running legal battle over the withdrawal of treatment, which ultimately failed on Wednesday when the European Court of Human Rights refused to intervene

Barts Health NHS Trust has said Archie’s condition is too unstable for a transfer and that moving him by ambulance to a different setting “would most likely hasten the premature deterioration the family wish to avoid, even with full intensive care equipment and staff on the journey”.

The family confirmed they have now lodged a final application to the High Court in London to transfer Archie from the Royal London Hospital to a hospice.

His parents submitted an application to the Strasbourg-based court on Wednesday morning, just a few hours before Barts Health NHS Trust had been expected to withdraw their son’s life support

Hollie Dance said a request has been made for Archie to go to a hospice in a “worst-case scenario” but said the hospital has “brutally” said no.

Archie Battersbee’s parents have submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to postpone the withdrawal of his life support.

Archie Battersbee’s parents have said they will submit an application to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to postpone the withdrawal of his life support.

Life support for Archie Battersbee is expected to be switched off on Tuesday after the Court of Appeal rejected a last-minute bid to postpone the ending of his treatment.

The British government has intervened at the last minute in the case of a comatose 12-year-old boy who is due to have his life support treatment withdrawn, according to a letter seen by the PA news agency.

Relatives of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute are preparing to mount an appeal bid after a High Court judge concluded that the youngster is dead.

Meghan Markle has settled a claim against Splash News and Picture Agency, with the agency agreeing not to take any photos of her, her husband Prince Harry or their son Archie, should it come out of administration, the High Court has heard.

Meghan Markle’s legal action over “long lens” photographs of her and her son Archie in a Canadian park has reached the High Court in London.