[KeyLargo]

Christopher Lee: The real James Bond

“I was attached to the SAS from time to time but we are forbidden – former, present, or future – to discuss any specific operations. Let’s just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read into that what they like.”

Christopher Lee was Ian Fleming’s cousin. Both were distantly related to Charlemagne - and Lee, in his 80s, released a heavy metal album named after his regal ancestor.

Christopher Lee has an illustrious military past. As well as fighting for the SAS (then known as the Special Operations Executive or SOE), he also volunteered to fight for Finland in the Winter War prior to WW2, during WW2 fought in North Africa, and saw the concentration camps first hand. After WW2, he spent time hunting Nazi war criminals.

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[Oztrich Boy]

As well as fighting for the SAS (then known as the Special Operations Executive or SOE

Not quite. The SAS (actually L detachment-SAS Brigade) was a British Army unit operating behind German lines in North Africa. The SAS Brigade was a fictious unit designed to fool the Germans the British had a Paratroop unit they didn't have. When the Germans eventually realized this, it was hoped they would overlook that L detachment really existed eslewhere (even though they didn't jump out of planes).

The SOE did jump out of planes, but were a "Black-ops" group apart from the formal military organisation. They could be legally shot if captured, unlike the SAS.