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Watch: Theresa May jokes about MP Glyn Davies's 'Hollywood' past

Glyn Davies' one-time role as a 'bodyguard' for Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall featured in Theresa May's last Commons performance as Prime Minister.

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Glyn Davies reacts to Theresa May's astonishing revelation

Mrs May made joked about the Tory Montgomeryshire MP job two decades ago after he asked her a question during her final PMQs at the dispatch box this afternoon.

Mr Davies could be seen saying "it's true" in response, while Mrs May told the Commons: "I think his red face tells it all."

Watch their full exchange here:

Mr Davies was born in Welshpool and spent much of his working life involved in the running of his family farm near Castle Caereinion.

But in May 1991, while chairman of the Development Board for Rural Wales, he welcomed Ms Bacall to a Welsh art exhibition at Llangoed Hall near Brecon.

Lauren Bacall visit Mid Wales back in 1991

"I was charged to be her companion for the day - a lot of my work was controlling the media," Mr Davies later explained.

The 75-year-old MP, who has announced he plans to stand down at the next general election, even played the role of Bacall's former husband Humphrey Bogart as part of a grand entrance.

Mr Davies was the Welsh Assembly member for Mid and West Wales between 1999 and 2007 before defeating Lempit Opik in 2010 to become the MP for Montgomeryshire.

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