FORMER Prime Minister Theresa May has been spotted food shopping in Reading.

The Tory MP for Maidenhead was pictured setting an example alongside many other shoppers queued up outside a local Waitrose.

She can be seen waiting patiently outside the store while keeping the safe distance away from other shoppers, follow social distancing rules.

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Mrs May was snapped in pictures, published by national news reports, outside the unspecified branch in Berkshire yesterday.

The Tory MP, 63, who quit as party leader last year after failing to deliver Brexit, reportedly spent 45minutes browsing in the aisles for the essential before leaving carrying a single bag for life.

Mrs May was alongside dozens of other shoppers queued outside in the sun waiting to stock up on essential before the Easter weekend.