Stars line the red carpet for long-awaited James Bond premiere

It whitethorn person been a agelong clip coming, but Tuesday's satellite premiere of the caller James Bond movie did not disappoint.

Stars of surface and signifier turned retired alongside British royalty for the glittering "No Time to Die" reddish carpet lawsuit astatine London's Royal Albert Hall.

The long-delayed movie, which is Daniel Craig's 5th and last show arsenic the iconic British agent, was primitively scheduled for merchandise successful April 2020, but it has been acceptable backmost galore times owed to the planetary pandemic.

Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, who attended alongside her husband, Prince William, and her in-laws, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, dazzled onlookers successful a floor-length gilded gown by Jenny Packham.

Kate was photographed chatting with Craig, who looked arsenic dapper arsenic ever successful a double-breasted cerise velvet tuxedo overgarment by Anderson & Sheppard implicit a achromatic garment and achromatic bow tie.

The 53-year-old actor, who archetypal took connected the Bond relation successful the 2006 blockbuster "Casino Royale," told the PA quality bureau his plans to discontinue from the franchise haven't changed, but helium was delighted to beryllium astatine the event.

"It's been a bittersweet mates of years, truthful 1 has to support things successful perspective. The determination to permission is inactive there, I'm conscionable gladsome that we've got a accidental to observe contiguous and person a premiere. That seemed similar specified a acold distant happening for a while," Craig said.

Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, whose erstwhile credits see "Jane Eyre" and "True Detective," and written successful portion by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, "No Time to Die" is the 25th movie successful the James Bond series.

Also dazzling onlookers were Craig's co-stars, Naomie Harris, Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas and Léa Seydoux.

Rami Malek, who played villain Safin, and M histrion Dame Judi Dench, besides graced the rain-soaked reddish carpet.

Many anticipation the long-anticipated movie volition kick-start a invited instrumentality to movie theaters pursuing its merchandise successful the UK connected Thursday.

Despite overmuch speculation astir who volition instrumentality up the mantle from Craig, producers of the James Bond franchise confirmed Tuesday they volition not statesman their hunt for the caller starring histrion until 2022.