Prince Harry asked me how I’d landed Abbey... which is a bit rich coming from him

Footballer hits back at taunt over his marriage

chat with the pop star. But it was not to be. Peter explained: “Suddenly they got all serious and just said, ‘She doesn’t want to be disturbed. ’ I was like, ‘Neither do f***ing I want to be disturbed, but I’ve just spent half an hour with you’.

“But they were just like, ‘No. We can’t ask her’, so perhaps being blown out by Madonna was kind of karma for blowing out Mickey Rourke.”

In the book, Peter also addresses more serious issues, such as the ongoing racism in the game. He said he first witnessed it on a Spanish club tour with Tottenham Hotspur in the late 90s. He said: “I grew up in London surrounded by a diverse mix of ethnicities so racism didn’t really register for me. I remember visiting a water park with Ledley King and a couple of other black lads.”

“As we were walking around, this woman started spitting on the floor at us. It was the first time I’d encountered racism and I couldn’t get my head round it. I know there have been a few incidents in the last few years but it’s got to be better than when I started out, but obviously it’s a fight that still needs to be fought.”

Peter then lightens the tone with tales of his favourite pastime – hedge jumping. He says: “I’ve always loved jumping bushes. Ever since I was a kid. We just find the springiest hedges and launch ourselves at them and then see how far they propelled us.

“I almost broke my neck once on a first-class hedge when I was trying to break into the first team at QPR. I

Abbey wed Peter in 2011 ROYAL TEASE Harry & wife Meghan Abbey and Peter have four kids