I Did It Dai's Way! ; for Decades Sir Dai Llewellyn -- The Seducer of the Valleys -- Has Been High Society's Madcap Court Jester. Here, in This Bittersweet Interview From His Hospice Bed, He Admits His Years of Partying Are Finally Killing Him. But Given the Chance, He'd Do It All Again . .

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SIR Dai Llewellyn is reflecting on an England that has gone from us, the England he belonged to and whose passing he laments. 'I was lucky enough to catch the tail-end of stylish British society,' he says. 'It was a time when there were things that were more important than reality shows.

'You could read a diary like Alan Clark's and there was some really spicy stuff in it. Now you just get some boring soap star who wants to tell us their boring story. People like me went out of fashion, but it didn't stop me living the lifestyle. I was still taking private jets across the Atlantic, partying on yachts in the Mediterranean and enjoying wine, women and song.' We are sitting in Sir Dai's room in a hospice in Kent, where he has been for the past month, thinking about life and love and family, what's important and what isn't. Reminiscing about his adventures and thanking his lucky stars for being around at the right time before Britain lost its dash and became Little Britain.

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I Did It Dai's Way! ; for Decades Sir Dai Llewellyn -- The Seducer of the Valleys -- Has Been High Society's Madcap Court Jester. Here, in This Bittersweet Interview From His Hospice Bed, He Admits His Years of Partying Are Finally Killing Him. But Given the Chance, He'd Do It All Again . .

At 62, the high living of the 'Seducer of the Valleys' has caught up with him and he is gravely ill. In August, doctors told him he had prostate cancer, cirrhosis of the liver and severe anaemia. A month ago, he learned the cancer had spread.

It is in his right temple, cheek, shoulder and lower back. 'Yes, I'm riddled with it,' he says. 'I have been told I can't be cured, but I can be better. I get a bit of good news, then bad news. They managed to get the prostate under control, but in the meantime the cancer has spread.

'The spreading across my face has mystified the doctors...

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