Besotted with Bodyguard

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IT’S certainly become compulsive Sunday night viewing. Part political thriller, part female fantasy, the BBC1 drama Bodyguard centres on a passionate affair between a female Home Secretary, played by Keeley Hawes, and the handsome-but-troubled close protection officer who’s assigned to guard her — new heart-throb on the block Richard Madden. The plot may sound fantastical, but there’s no doubt that it’s steamy stuff — the most recent episode included a nude scene that revealed more of Madden than of Hawes. Here, NATALIE CLARKE reveals the stories of the real-life bodyguards who also went beyond the call of duty . . .