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Hotel refuses to honour WWII Polish spy who inspired James Bond’s Vesper Lynd because she was murdered in lobby

The wartime spy inspired the character of Vesper Lynd in the James Bond novel Casino Royale but has now been refused a prestigious blue plaque at the hotel where she lived before being murdered. Press materials/Public domain/ 1 Lewxham Gardens Hotel/Facebook

Described as Churchill’s favourite spy, Krystyna Skarbek was one of Britain’s longest-serving female agents during WWII. English Heritage, the Polish Embassy and author Clare Mulley have been campaigning for the boutique hotel in London’s Kensington where she was knifed to death by a jealous lover to install a blue plaque in her memory.

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