A special red Bentley Continental GT was at the core of the arrival of the new James Bond book, Carte Blanche, at St Pancras International in London today, writes Trish Whelan.
Copies of the book by American thriller writer Jeffery Deaver, and published in the UK, were delivered by Royal Marines Commandos in a display involving abseiling, a fast car (the Bentley!) and a beautiful leather clad Bond girl on a motorbike.
In a scene which could easily have been lifted from a James Bond novel, Jeffery Deaver pulled up at Europe's longest bar - The Champagne Bar at St Pancras International - in the special Bentley flanked by the Bond girl.
But the author received the first copy of his novel by air as a Royal Marine display team descended from the roof of the station with copies of the novel.
The books were handed over to Deaver in front of members of Ian Fleming's family and invited guests before being put under lock and key until midnight tonight. We'll be able to buy one soon here too, presumably.
