Why was James Bond so keen on eggs?

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Roger Moore as Bond and Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight in The Man With the Golden Gun
‘That’s right, scrambled, and lots of them’ … Roger Moore as Bond and Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight in The Man With the Golden Gun. Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar/Cinetext Collection Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext Collection/Sportsphoto/Allstar/Cinetext Collection

Why did James Bond always seem to go to work on an egg in the novels? He seemed to thrive on them. Did Ian Fleming have a deal with the egg industry?

Nicholas Jury, Edinburgh

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