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Thunderball: For King and Country?

LudovicoLudovico
edited February 2013 in Bond Movies Posts: 15,123
I am watching TB at the moment (I have a day off). I just noticed that Bond says to Fiona Volpe that he slept with her ''for King and Country''. Shouldn't it be for Queen and Country?

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  • Monsieur_AubergineMonsieur_Aubergine Top of the Eiffel Tower with a fly in my soup!
    Posts: 642
    Its an old english term traditionally announced when claiming land from a time when there was a Kingdom - in the context of Thunderball he has just made Volpe a conquest to get nearer the enemy, thus metaphorically gaining land and getting closer to his main goal.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited February 2013 Posts: 24,183
    Wait, a new thread for this? :(
    This will do.
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