Arnold Schwarzenegger has returned to one of London’s best-known cigar shops during a visit to the capital.

The Hollywood actor and former Governor of California was photographed at Davidoff of London in St James’s Street on Monday, alongside Edward and Eddie Sahakian and cigar maker Daniel Marshall.

Davidoff of London shared photographs of the visit on its Instagram page.

Schwarzenegger is a long-time cigar smoker and has visited the store several times over the years. Archive photographs show him at Davidoff of London in 2011 and again in 2013.

Schwarzenegger has also spoken publicly about his love of cigars and has been a regular feature in Cigar Aficionado, appearing on the magazine’s cover five times.

One of his more memorable cigar moments came in a Cigar Aficionado video in which he demonstrated a tequila-infused cigar technique he says he learned while filming Total Recall in Mexico City in 1989. The technique involves using tequila-soaked cedar on the cigar before, after lighting it, briefly dipping the cigar into tequila. The video has since attracted more than 1.8 million views on YouTube.

A customer who was in the shop during Monday’s visit has also confirmed that Schwarzenegger and the group were sampling the El Rey del Mundo La Reina LE, which can be seen in photographs from the visit.

The El Rey del Mundo La Reina was released as a 2018 Edición Regional for the UK, with 3,500 numbered boxes of 24 produced. Made in the Laguito No.1 format, it measures 192mm by 38 ring gauge and is handmade. Although designated a 2018 release, Cuban Cigar Website records it as having reached the market in mid-2019. It is listed on the Davidoff of London website at £320.00 each cigar a box of 24 is £7,680.00.

He also picked up the new Diplomaticos Cancilleres alongside a Davidoff Signature No. 2.

It is not clear what brought Schwarzenegger to London this time, and there have been no other confirmed sightings of him in the capital this week.

His latest visit comes just weeks after another high-profile cigar smoker, DJ Khaled, visited Davidoff of London while in London for the Jay-Z tour.

For a shop that has welcomed its fair share of famous faces over the years, Schwarzenegger’s return is another notable addition to its history.