Sophie, Countess of Wessex, was caught admiring a giant pumpkin as she attended the first autumn Chelsea Flower Show with her husband Prince Edward.

During a tour of the Royal Horticultural Society exhibition, which this year focuses on the climate crisis, Sophie pointed to the gargantuan gourd and exclaimed: "Wow! You could sit in that." Report by Buseld. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn