Ex-PM gets lobbying ban

Joking Charles has laugh with Cheryl and Prince’s Trust stars

DAVID Cameron has landed a plum job with a US medical firm... but can’t lobby ministers until July.

The ex-PM is a paid consultant for Illumina, a life-sciences company which was awarded a £77million contract by his government in 2014.

A parliamentary watchdog said Mr Cameron can’t use privileged information from his time in No.10.

The ex-PM told MPs he would only have “very limited contact with ministers from time to time”. HILHEIRIOUS Cheryl has big smile for Prince GET A GRIP Ant & Dec ROLE PLAYING With Olivia Colman and Tom Hardy

LAUGHTER filled the heir as Prince Charles larked about with showbiz stars.

At The Prince’s Trust and TKMaxx & Homesense Awards, he teased Cheryl Tweedy over her recent switch back to her maiden name.

He told the audience at the London Palladium: “I thought to myself some time ago, ‘Who’s Cheryl Tweedy?’

“I suddenly realised I knew the Cheryl bit but missed out on the Tweedy.”

Cheryl, 34, helped raise £1million for a Trust centre in Newcastle and Charles, 69, said: “I’m enormously grateful.”

The Prince also met Olivia Colman, 44, who is to play the Queen, in the next series of The Crown. Asked if Charles knew about her role, Olivia said: “No. He really didn’t.”

Actor Tom Hardy, 40, presented Daisy McDonnell, 22, with the Young Achiever of the Year award in association with the Daily Mirror.