Dame Victoire "Paddy" Ridsdale, a colleague of James Bond author Ian Fleming in Naval Intelligence during WWII, has died at age 88. Although Fleming never specified which real-life friends were influences on his characters, there is little doubt he drew on the traits of those he knew in writing the Bond novels. Ridsdale was never a paramour of Fleming, but they did enjoy a flirtatious relationship. There were other women in Fleming's life who probably also inspired aspects of the Moneypenny character, who became a staple of the film series. For more
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