Ian Fleming and Ann Charteris: The Real Mr and Mrs Bond

Ian Fleming and Ann Charteris stand as one of history’s most dysfunctional couples. Charteris was a wealthy aristocrat whose troubled upbringing left a permanent scar on her behaviour, while Fleming, famous as the creator of James Bond, was a philanderer whose relationship with his wife was played out through extreme sadomasochism.

"Like Bond, they were both spurred on by danger and violence"

Their relationsh...