George Bamby, who previously claimed to be notorious prisoner Charles Bronson’s son, has said that the pair fabricated the relationship as part of a six-year long publicity stunt.

The self-described “PR agent” is a well-known paparazzi photographer - once the subject of a Channel 4 documentary - who has taken pictures of the likes of David Cameron and Coleen Rooney.

He told TalkTV that Bronson approached him six years ago asking if he would “get loads of publicity for him and make sure he wasn’t forgotten about”.