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SIR JAMES: Britain's Sir Roger
Moore shows off his knighthood at Buckingham
Palace. Sir Roger, the former James Bond star,
received the award from Britain's Queen Elizabeth
II for his charity
work.
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Bond actor Moore receives knighthood 10 October
2003
LONDON: Call him Moore, Sir Roger Moore.
The
former James Bond actor, 75, has been knighted by the Queen
for his work as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nation
Children's Fund (UNICEF).
"(The
Queen) congratulated me on my work with UNICEF, which she said
must be very satisfying – and she also mentioned 007 too,"
Moore told Sky News.
Moore
became a television star in the 1960s series "The Saint" and
took over the role of secret agent 007 from Sean Connery in
the 1973 film Live and Let Die. His last Bond film was 1985's
A View to a Kill.
The
London-born actor collapsed while performing on Broadway in
May and was subsequently fitted with a pacemaker.
"I was
very fortunate to get my heart sorted out with a pacemaker and
it's ticking away like mad and doing a little overtime today,"
he said.
He even
had a word for fellow actor turned politician Arnold
Schwarzenegger, who stormed to election victory in California
and will become the state's next governor.
"If he
does all the things that he says he will, then California will
be an even better place to live in," said Moore.
UNICEF
was created by the United Nations in 1946 to provide food,
clothing and care to Europe's impoverished post-war children
and now operates worldwide.
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