Food critic and broadcaster Tom Parker Bowles has shared the story of the worst Christmas present he ever received

Food critic and stepson of the King, Tom Parker Bowles , has confessed that the worst Christmas gift he ever received came from his mother.

The journalist said that the festive disaster unfolded more than three decades ago, in 1991, when he requested a leather jacket similar to those he had seen Marlon Brando and Arnold Schwarzenegger sporting.

However, when the moment arrived to unwrap the gift, it was far from what the now food writer had anticipated.

Instead, it turned out to be what he described as a “monster” from a supermarket. Writing in a column, the respected author explained that after receiving the present, he had to feign appreciation — and even wear it f

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