Sir Roger payays tribute to his tragic stepdaughter

WHEN Bond star Sir Roger Moore died in May aged 89, he was completing a book called A Bientot.

Poignantly, the work, published today, carries a moving tribute to his widow, Kristina, and her daughter, Christina (known as Flossie), who died aged 47. ‘I was always close to Flossie and had known her since she was a teenager,’ Moore writes. ‘After Kristina and I married, Flossie often came to stay. I use the past tense because she died in 2016, leaving a huge hole in our lives.’

He says he first spotted Flossie’s illness when she joined him and Kristina at an awards dinner in Vienna. ‘The next day I commented that her complexion looked a little pale. No, not pale — yellow. She thought it was

highly hilarious and started posting photos on her Facebook page saying, “ooh, look at me! i’m all yellow!”

‘Kristina and i nagged her to see a doctor on her return to London and after another day or two had passed with no improvement, she relented.

‘Her doctor in turn referred her to another doctor, and it was then that the devastating news was revealed: an aggressive, terminal cancer.’

Moore reveals: ‘i can’t begin to tell you the pain, anguish and tears we all shared. Poor Flossie’s mother was inconsolable with the shock.’

Flossie lived for just over six months after the diagnosis. ‘No parent should have to bury a child,’ he says. ‘it’s the cruellest, most awful thing you can ever imagine. Kristina was unable to speak at the funeral.’

He adds of Flossie: ‘She had achieved so very many things — more than most people might in 80 years.’