The Bond Films / Cast & Crew
Sir Roger, shaken but not stirred
“I had the worst attack of stage fright in my life”
Written by Brett McAleer on 10 Oct, 2003
At Buckingham palace yesterday, 75 year-old Roger Moore received his knighthood for charity work, and admitted that he was as shaken as a James Bond martini during the ceremony.
Sir Roger, who was made a CBE in 1999 and has been for the last 12 years a UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador, stated: “I was worrying about whether I was going to get up again after kneeling.“
2003 has certainly become a year of highs and lows for the former Bond actor, with the low point being earlier in the year when Sir Roger suffered a heart attack while on stage in New York and underwent heart surgery to have a pacemaker inserted.
Sir Roger said that the Knighthood was better than winning an Oscar, and even spoke to the Queen about his Bond work.
Sources: BBC News and The Daily Telegraph.
