Damages win for wife of Bond actor

THE wife of actor Sir Roger Moore accepted substantial, undisclosed libel damages yesterday over a claim that she lived with a “playboy” while travelling the French Riviera in her youth.

The allegations relating to Lady Kristina Moore in the Daily Mail in October 2010 were completely untrue and seriously defamatory, solicitor Catherine Rhind told Mr Justice Tugendhat at the High Court in London.

The newspaper’s solicitor, Harry Kinmonth, acknowledged the allegations in the newspaper were untrue and apologised for the distress and embarrassment caused to both Lady Kristina and Sir Roger, who did not attend the court.