ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, 1969

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ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, 1969
A CHARLES DE TEMPLE TWO-COLOUR GOLD WEDDING RING, THE STYLIZED OPEN-WORK BAND DESIGN FORMING THE WORDS ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD, THE INTERIOR WITH MAKERS SIGNATURE C DE T -- THE RING, A REPLICA OF THE ONE USED IN THE FAMOUS WEDDING SEQUENCE IN THE 1969 UNITED ARTISTS/EON FILM ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
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BENSON, RAYMOND THE JAMES BOND BEDSIDE COMPANION, LONDON: BOXTREE, 1988, PP.194-200

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THIS REPLICA RING COMMISSIONED FROM THE FASHIONABLE SIXTIES JEWELLER CHARLES DE TEMPLE, IS IDENTICAL TO THE ONE GIVEN BY JAMES BOND [GEORGE LAZENBY] TO TERESA DI VICENZO/TRACY [DIANA RIGG] ON THE ONLY OCCASION IN ANY BOND FILM THAT THE BRITISH AGENT MARRIES. THE WORDS ON THE BAND ARE A REFERENCE TO THE TITLE SONG WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD, SUNG BY LOUIS ARMSTRONG, ARGUABLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SONG OF ANY BOND MOVIE. BOND'S OWN LAST WORDS IN THE FILM'S MOVING FINAL SEQUENCE ALSO ARE A REFERENCE TO THE SONG TITLE, WHEN CRADLING TRACY IN HIS ARMS AFTER SHE'S BEEN SHOT HE TOO SAYS 'WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD'

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