The TV presenter, who had a stillborn son, William, with wife Marina in 2014, wrote: “Despite the geo-political and economic divisions that have polarised the world, pain is universal. Black, white, rich, poor, Muslim, Christian, gay, heterosexual, it doesn’t matter who you are, the pain of losing a child is like ripping out your heart.”

He added: “I am not a Tory and I am certainly no apologist for David Cameron but to describe the loss of his son Ivan as ‘privileged pain’ is grotesque. Deeply offensive to the many thousands of us who have lost children of our own. I too am privileged and I have also lost a child. Your editorial insinuates that I too only experienced ‘privileged pain’.

“There is no privilege in being called in the middle of the night, on the other side of the world to tell you your son has died and your wife may die too.”

Fogle also said that the article has “relapsed my grief like PTSD”.

No, David Cameron’s child bereavement should never be described as “privileged pain”