Gabriele Ferzetti the leading roles. Ferzetti's most important performance in 1969, and arguably the role he is most associated with, internationally, was his role as distinguished organized crime boss Marc-Ange Draco in the 1969 James Bond feature "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Directed by Peter Hunt, Ferzetti plays the father of Tracy di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg), who promises James Bond (George Lazenby) a handsome dowry for marrying her; they fall in love and marry anyway. Hunt had spotted Ferzetti in an Italian film, which he and Harry Saltzman were supposed to be reviewing another actor in, and both were immediately drawn to
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel) Fleming's friend Patrick Leigh Fermor pointed out that "Pol Roger" was the only champagne at the time not to be produced in half-bottles. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is the second book in what is called "the Blofeld trilogy", sitting between "Thunderball", where SPECTRE is introduced and "You Only Live Twice", where Blofeld is finally killed by Bond. Although Blofeld is present in "Thunderball", he directs operations from a distance and as such he and Bond never meet and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" constitutes his and Bond's first meeting. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was published on 1 April