Hodgson relieved after Cole apologises

England head coach Roy Hodgson is relieved Ashley Cole has made peace with Football Association chairman David Bernstein after his Twitter outburst against football’s governing body in this country, whom he described as “a bunch of t****”.

Cole has been charged with misconduct and has until Thursday to respond to the charge.

But that controversy seemed a million miles away yesterday when Prince William shook hands and appeared to share a joke with Cole at the opening the new National Football Centre.