'People look so much better if they don't have surgery': Britt Ekland poses with grandson Cash after admitting she regrets not growing old gracefully

By Daily Mail Reporter

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With her adorable grandson in her arms, former Bond girl Britt Ekland has revealed her regret over having plastic surgery after becoming a grandmother at 71.

The actress now has different priorities after missing the pantomime season for the first time in 17 years to spend the festive period with her son Nicholai, daughter-in-law Alison and their son, Cash.

She told Hello! Magazine: 'I starred as 'grandmother' in my own Christmas production. It's my best one yet.'

'Grandma mode': Britt Ekland, 71, poses with grandson Cash in coordinated leopard print outfits

'Grandma mode': Britt Ekland, 71, poses with grandson Cash in coordinated leopard print outfits

The star said she had started to appreciate the value of growing old gracefully and regretted the surgery she has had done.

 

'I've realised this is just not me, but it is what it is and you have to live with it. Whatever I did 15 or 20 years ago, I'd never have done now. I turned 50, and you get insecure.

'The funny thing is for the last few years my career has been in the theatre, and natural expression is seen as a good thing. I think people look so much better if they don't have surgery,' she said.

Different priorities: The actress told Hello!, which is out now, she wanted to 'scream the good news' when she learnt she was becoming a grandmother

Different priorities: The actress told Hello!, which is out now, she wanted to 'scream the good news' when she learnt she was becoming a grandmother

The actress, who is seen posing with Cash in coordinated leopard print looks, said she wanted to 'scream the good news' when she learnt she was becoming a grandmother.

She said: 'As soon as they told me it was OK to announce, I went into full-on 'grandma mode'.

'When I first saw the baby he was so tiny. I thought 'Oh my God, maybe I'll break him'. Within one day, my instincts came back and knew exactly what to do.

'I come around every Saturday at 8am - I have my own keys so I let myself in. I take Cash, and Nic and Alison go back to sleep. I lock myself in his room and speak to him in Swedish. He'll call me 'farmor', which means 'father's mother' in Swedish.'

Nicholai, whose father was record producer and film director Lou Adler, said he is learning more about his mother now she is a grandma.

He said: 'Mum always wanted me to sit up straight, smile and be respectful, dress smartly... maybe because we were in the public eye, she was concerned how we appeared to the outside world, but she always cared about me.

'I had to sit mum down and tell her: 'You were the best mother ever'. She really was.'

Read the full interview in Hello! Magazine, out now.

Surgery regrets: The former Bond Girl, pictured earlier this year, said she believes people 'look so much better if they don't have surgery'

Surgery regrets: The former Bond Girl, pictured earlier this year, said she believes people 'look so much better if they don't have surgery'

'Best mother ever': Britt with son Nicholai when he was three-months-old

'Best mother ever': Britt with son Nicholai when he was three-months-old

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Why have surgery when you can have photo shopping.

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Now Cara fans Brit was a true natural beauty. She is right re surgery,her hands show her age. But nice article.

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She was a stunning young lady. Good luck to her and her family.

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She was really lovely in her heyday and I suppose when you're so attractive, you must come under a lot of pressure to hold on to those looks for as long as possible. I still don't think she has that plastic look an awful lot of celebs have.

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Rachel zone in 10 yrs.

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Nothing wrong in anyone trying to look their best But this is no ones best Its scary

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Definitely not a three month old baby in that last photo. Maybe a year or so. But Britt is the most astonishing beauty then and now. Smart and hip too.

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She doesn't look like an alien [i.e. Jocelyn Wildenstein]. I don't know why she's complaining.

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Plastic surgeon did a great job with her. Some look dreadful but she is still striking

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She knows full well that she'd look baggy eyed and saggy jawed if she hadn't had cosmetic surgery. It won't be something she regrets doing.

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