Here she was in real life in May:
And in 2013:
The Bond series started without a gap in age, then the Bond men got older and finally old. If they’re going to be old, the women might as well be middle aged.
Thanks for the recents...
I’ll say this about the bond girls. They are generally women he runs into during the process. He isn’t so much looking for a life partner vs a convenient love interest.
He is near them for a few weeks at most. He moves on because he’s a secret agent and he has his next case to move on to.
If he were looking for a life partner where you find them, I would agree with your take more. Finding someone more his age would make sense.