In the present day, Ekland is having the time of her life. The blonde beauty shared a series of photos and videos of herself as she cruised through the canals of Venice on Instagram. Sporting a sequined top and a bright smile<\/a>, Ekland is definitely thriving.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfacSIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/a>\ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n If you need a quick refresher of Ekland’s work in the classic Bond film, check out the trailer for\u00a0The Man with the Golden Gun\u00a0below:<\/p>\n Ekland Has Thoughts About the Next Bond Girl<\/p>\n As a legendary Bond Girl, it’s only right that Ekland has plenty of thoughts about the women who carry on that legacy. Ekland told the\u00a0UK’s<\/a>\u00a0Times<\/a>\u00a0that the right woman “should be attractive \u2026 chosen for her natural beauty. And she should be athletic.”<\/p>\n Evening Standard \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n The actress has strong feelings about the issues because she’s just so proud of the legacy. It’s also a tremendous responsibility to carry.<\/p>\n “I’m the proudest Bond girl there is because there are not a lot of us left, and there won’t be any in the future,” Ekland told\u00a0The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0back in 2020. In the past, she pointed out in a piece in\u00a0The Independent<\/a>\u00a0that modern Bond girls have it harder than she did since there are “so many demands” on them.<\/p>\n “The Bond girl has to look good in a bikini: that was her role \u2026 The Bond girl of my era exists no more because they’re not presented that way. You wouldn’t see her in a bikini next to\u00a0Daniel Craig<\/a>\u00a0in a suit today,” Ekland said. “The PR department would make sure that didn’t happen.”<\/p>\n Related: Former Bond Girl L\u00e9a Seydoux, 40, Has Only Gotten More Stunning Since Starring Onscreen With Daniel Craig<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Jul 23, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Bond girl Britt Ekland is living her best life at 83. Ekland, who rose to fame as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[266553,266551,156,24973,409,111,139,69,266552],"class_list":["post-541825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-bond-girl","tag-britt-ekland","tag-entertainment","tag-james-bond","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-the-man-with-the-golden-gun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Evening](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/parade_250\/976f2277b7b9c20d10c7984302bb6dbe.jpeg\"\/)
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