On May 6, 2023, the coronation ceremony of Charles III and Queen Camilla will be held as scheduled in Westminster Abbey Cathedral in London. The ceremonies are magnificent, and there are many victorious friends. And one day in advance, the 007 movie official website posted a celebration on the prominent position of "TOP STORY" on the homepage.
The article is not long and reads: "King Charles III has four generations of James Bond movies (corresponding to the four male protagonists, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel C. He not only attended the premieres of eight 007 films, but also came to Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, a suburb of London, twice in 1986 and 2019 , to inspect the filming of "Living by Dawn" and "No Time to Die."
In 1977, Charles, who was still a prince at the time, shook hands and talked with Roger Moore and other main creators at the premiere of "Underwater City"
Since appearing on the global screen in "Dr. No" in 1962, the royal agent 007 James Bond, who has traveled all over the world for sixty years, has a relationship with the British royal family. This is not only from the fact that he often uses "for the United Kingdom, for the Queen" as a mantra when he is in danger or even tortured in the movie-the sixth 007 movie in 1969 simply uses "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) ) as the title of the film can be seen.
Queen Elizabeth II and Daniel Craig featured in video of London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony
The interaction between the film and the royal family reached its peak during Daniel Craig's tenure: at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, chief director Danny Boyle specially arranged for Craig to go to Buckingham Palace to accompany Queen Elizabeth II Attend the classic section of the grand opening ceremony. This interpretation, which is both real and illusory, also elevates the fictional agent and the real queen from a popular romance in popular culture to a standard narrative for national image construction.
When the queen was alive, Charles, who was still a prince, naturally couldn't steal the limelight from his mother. In fact, since his public appearance at the premiere of the tenth 007 film "Underwater City" in 1977, and a cordial chat with the lead actor Roger Moore and other creators, Prince Charles has participated in eight series of films world premiere of . When the latest "No Time to Die" premiered at the Albert Hall in London in 2021, Queen Elizabeth II was in poor health and was unable to attend. It was he, as the representative of the royal family, who brought his wife Camilla, son William, and daughter-in-law Kate stands for the movie together.
In 2021, the British royal family attended the world premiere of "No Time to Die" in London
Similar to the identity of Bond's character in the movie as a lieutenant colonel in the British Navy, Prince Charles served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976, according to the practice of royal family members serving the country as adults. In November 1986, during the filming of the fifteenth 007 film "Life at Dawn", Charles and Princess Diana came to Pinewood Studios, the filming location of the "Queen" of the series for the first time.
Charles and Princess Diana on the set of The Living Days in 1986
They visited the shooting of two key scenes with great interest-at the weaponry testing ground of MI6 Quartermaster Q, Charles, under the guidance of special effects personnel, personally launched a vehicle that would blast the roadblocks in the movie missile. And at the end of the film, when Bond goes deep into the arms dealer's lair for a duel, Charles and Diana are immediately interested in the wine bottle props used by the stuntman (made entirely of sugar water, and will not hurt people after being broken). Before leaving, the princess took a "sugar bottle" and smashed it on the back of her husband's head with a smirk! As sugar scum flew across the room, everyone present laughed, leaving only Charles with a dazed expression and pretending to be calm. At that time, the scandal between him and his ex-lover had already been spread all over the sky by the tabloids. I don't know if this counts as the princess's "personal revenge" in front of the public...
In 2019, Charles inspected the set of "No Time to Die"
In June 2019, Prince Charles returned to the Pinewood set. His own car is a modified bulletproof Bentley, but the prince is interested in two Aston Martin stunt sports cars featured in the movie "No Time to Die". The leading actor Daniel Craig personally explained to him, "We have made five DB5s in total. The chassis of the car has been modified. We have adopted a BMW engine and a modern suspension system. In order to reduce the weight of the car, the material of the hood It's carbon fiber."
As we all know, the prince's clothes in front of people have always been good. The same people in the same clothes, they then began to exchange their own dressing experience: Due to the exclusive sponsorship agreement, Bond has been looking for Tom Ford in the choice of formal clothes in the film since "Skyfall" in 2012 . On the same day, both of them were wearing the shoes of Crockett & Jones, a traditional British handmade shoe brand.
The new Bond actor has not yet been officially announced. It is also reported that, in addition to paying tribute to the king's coronation ceremony in the 007 movie, Ian Fleming Publications, the copyright agency of the original 007 novel, is not far behind. On March 31 this year, Ian Fleming Press announced that it had commissioned Charlie Higson, author of the "Young Bond (Young Bond)" series of novels, to write a new James Bond adventure story to celebrate the king crowned.
The new 007 story brings Bond into the present: On May 4, two days before Charles III's coronation, Bond is sent at the last minute to thwart a eccentric mega-rich schemer's plan to sabotage the coronation ... The story sounded like nothing new, and the author himself readily agreed and didn't care, "Writing this book in such a short period of time is as exciting and heart-pounding as performing a Bond mission. Of course, I don't think anyone would shoot at me."
The book was released on May 4th, the day when the story happened, in both digital and physical form. This is another tribute to Fleming's 1963 publication of the original novel "The Queen's Secret Service". As for the title? I think you've all guessed it.
Yes, it's called "On His Majesty's Secret Service" (On His Majesty's Secret Service)!
