The British Ambassador was a fictional unnamed diplomat who appeared briefly in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. He is played by British actor Patrick Barr.
Biography[]
During a formal gathering at the ambassador's residence in Berlin, a mortally wounded 009 enters the compound and falls through a patio door, dropping a Fabergé egg right in front of the ambassador. The shocked ambassador most probably contacted the secret service afterwards.
Trivia[]
The ambassador wears several orders and medals with his evening dress.
The blue riband and the star on his coat show he is a Knight of the Order of the Garter, Britain's highest order of chivalry. The badge around his neck is of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece, an extremely unlikely award for a Briton to receive.
The medals on his lapel are the 1939–1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Burma Star, the Defence Medal, the War Medal 1939–1945 and the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.
He is not wearing any insignia of the Order of St Michael and St George, which would be expected in a Foreign Office employee who had reached the level of ambassador. This suggests he is not a career diplomat.