It looked like being curtains, but Bond saves the day
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on December 15, 2007
He may have handed back his licence to kill long ago, but Sir Roger Moore was quick to leap into action again yesterday on behalf of his sovereign.
Sir Roger saves the Queen from possible embarrassment
Sir Roger, who smoothly played Her Majesty’s secret agent 007 in seven James Bond films, stepped in to spare the Queen’s blushes when a recalcitrant curtain threatened to scupper a ceremony at Heathrow.
When the Queen stepped forward to unveil a plaque commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Unicef and British Airways Change for Good programme - where travellers donate their spare foreign coins to help poor children around the world - the red curtains in front of the brass plate refused to budge.
As Her Majesty peered around the front of the podium to see what was happening, Sir Roger, a Unicef ambassador, smartly stepped forward to give the curtains a vigorous tug.
His efforts were rewarded with a smile from the Queen and the completion of the ceremony when the curtains opened successfully after the operating button was pressed again by Lord Marshall, the British Airways chairman.
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Sir Roger said afterwards: “I wasn’t meant to be up there but James Bond has got to do something.”
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