The picture David Cameron hopes will prove his love of Larry the Downing Street cat

'Proof': the outgoing PM with Larry the cat
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Jamie Bullen13 July 2016
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This is the picture David Cameron said proves his love for Larry the Downing Street cat.

Mr Cameron flashed an image of Larry to MPs during his final Prime Minister's Questions to dispel rumours of a frosty relationship with the feline.

While addressing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, he said: "It gives me the opportunity to put a rumour to rest.

“He will appreciate this because El Gato, his cat, is particularly famous, and the rumour that somehow I don’t love Larry.... I do and I have photographic evidence to prove it!"

Mr Cameron added: “Sadly I can’t take Larry with me he belongs to the house and the staff love him very much as do I.”

After the outgoing PM left the Commons to rapturous applause from MPs, he tweeted a picture of Larry perched on his lap with the words "Proof..."

The comments provoked some ridicule on Twitter with comparisons made to iconic James Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who infamously first appeared in the 1967 film You Only Love Twice and was played by Donald Pleasence.

The outgoing prime minister reiterated he will remain in the house as Theresa May prepares to move in.

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