28 February 2023 , 05:00
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Lizzie Cundy has hit out at the latest news that the James Bond novels are set to be rewritten.
The TV personality uploaded a picture of herself on the set of one of the films to her Instagram account, captioning it: “A pic of me on the Bond set! Let’s leave James Bond alone and stop censoring our books! #jamesbond #censored #007.”
In the picture, Lizzie could be seen wearing a black figure-skimming gown as she stood facing another female, in the famous gun barrel shot.
Some of her fans were quick to agree, with one blasting: “Why does the snowflake brigade have to interfere with history!! Before we know it, they’ll have us burning books in town centres”.
The TV personality shared a photo of herself as a Bond Girl (Lizzie Cundy/Instagram)Another raged: “Burning or altering books remind me of nazis”.
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However, Lizzie also received some flattering comments too, with one user writing: “00 heaven”, and another chiming: “License to thrill”.
It comes as the James Bond novels are set to be rewritten in some parts, in order to remove language deemed to be offensive following a sensitivity review.
The books, penned by author Ian Fleming, currently include racist references, with depictions of black people now completely reworked.
Yet references to other ethnicities, including Asian people, are set to remain.
Lizzie received plenty of flattering comments over her sultry snap (SplashNews.com)There will be a disclaimer added to the reworked copies, which will be published in April this year, which will read: "This book was written at a time when terms and attitudes which might be considered offensive by modern readers was commonplace.
"A number of updates have been made in this edition, while keeping as close as possible to the original text and the period in which it was set."
The books were originally written in the 1950s and 1960s, with the 70th anniversary of Casino Royale, the first book in the series, to be this year.
Lizzie called out for books to no longer be censored (Instagram)In a statement to The Telegraph , Ian Fleming Publications said: “We at Ian Fleming Publications reviewed the text of the original Bond books and decided our best course of action was to follow Ian’s lead. We have made changes to Live and Let Die that he himself authorised.
“Following Ian’s approach, we looked at the instances of several racial terms across the books and removed a number of individual words or else swapped them for terms that are more accepted today but in keeping with the period in which the books were written.
“We encourage people to read the books for themselves when the new paperbacks are published in April.”
James Bond books to be rewritten to remove offensive references