Craig … Daniel Craig.
The British actor, 54, was just named a Companion of the Get of St Michael and St George, the very same honor held by James Bond, who he played in several films commencing in 2006.
Britain’s Princess Anne introduced Craig with the honor in a Twitter image shared by the royal spouse and children on Tuesday.
“We’ve been expecting you…” the photo’s caption cheekily started. “The Princess Royal presents Daniel Craig with The Purchase of St Michael and St George — the identical honour held by his character James Bond — in recognition of his remarkable contribution to film and theatre.”
The Get of St Michael and St George, started in 1818, “recognises support in a international region, or in relation to foreign and Commonwealth affairs,” in accordance to the royal family’s site.
Craig performed Ian Fleming’s beloved special agent in five motion pictures spanning 15 years: “Casino Royale” (2006), “Quantum of Solace” (2008), “Skyfall” (2012), “Spectre” (2015) and “No Time to Die” (2021).
This isn’t the 007 actor’s very first brush with the royal family members. He memorably played James Bond in a skit with Queen Elizabeth II in a video clip skit opening the 2012 London Olympics.
The late monarch committed totally to the sketch, welcoming Craig at Buckingham Palace with a neat “Good evening, Mr. Bond.”
The pair then created their way by means of the palace’s gilt hallways, flanked by the queen’s famed corgis, in advance of the queen (or instead, a stunt double) parachuted from a helicopter into the Olympic stadium.
Britain’s royals joined Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux and the forged of “No Time to Die” on the crimson carpet for the new Bond film’s world premiere Tuesday.
Craig reflected on the queen’s “quite funny” perception of humor throughout an interview on “The Late Exhibit with Stephen Colbert” in February, recalling a joke she cracked when they labored on the Olympics sketch.
“We were being owning our photograph taken, and she just went, ‘Oh no, he’s the one that does not smile,’” he said.
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