Editing Roger Moore (section)

==Tax exile==
Moore became a [[tax exile]] from the United Kingdom in 1978, originally to Switzerland, and divided his year between his four homes: an apartment in [[Monte Carlo]], a holiday house in the coastal [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] town of [[Castiglione della Pescaia]], a chalet in [[Crans-Montana]], Switzerland, and a home in [[Saint-Paul-de-Vence]], France.<ref name=TelegNov13>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/10381403/Roger-Moore-interview-If-I-had-24-hours-to-live-Id-make-a-dry-martini.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/10381403/Roger-Moore-interview-If-I-had-24-hours-to-live-Id-make-a-dry-martini.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Roger Moore interview: 'If I had 24 hours to live, I'd make a dry martini' |first=Veronica |last=Lee |work=The Telegraph |date=26 October 2003|access-date=10 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=TelegAug14>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/11065466/Sir-Roger-Moore-I-cant-drink-martinis-any-more-but-life-is-bliss.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/11065466/Sir-Roger-Moore-I-cant-drink-martinis-any-more-but-life-is-bliss.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |author=Julia Llewelyn Smith |title=Sir Roger Moore: 'I can't drink martinis any more – but life is bliss' |work=The Telegraph|date=30 April 2014 |access-date=10 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Moore became a resident of Monaco, having been appointed a Goodwill Ambassador of Monaco by [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Prince Albert II]] for his efforts in internationally promoting and publicising the principality.<ref name="MonPal">{{cite web|title=Monaco Ambassador's Club – News|url=http://www.palais.mc/en/news/h-s-h-prince-albert-ii/event/2012/june/monaco-ambassadors-club-2807.html|work=Monaco Ambassadors Club|publisher=Prince's Palace of Monaco|date=12 June 2012|access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref> Moore was scathing of the Russian population in Monaco, saying, "I'm afraid we're overstuffed with Russians. All the restaurant menus are in Russian now."<ref name=TelegAug14/>

Moore was vocal in his defence of his tax exile status, saying that in the 1970s, with taxes levied on top earners under the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government of [[James Callaghan]], he had been urged by his "accountants, agents, and lawyers" to move abroad because, "At that point we were taxed up to 98% on [[unearned income]], so you would never be able to save enough to ensure that you had any sort of livelihood if you didn't work."<ref name="TelegSep12">{{cite news|last=McGrath|first=Nick|date=30 September 2012|title=Roger Moore: 'I love cash. The sheer luxury of crispy £1 notes'|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/9574135/Roger-Moore-I-love-cash.-The-sheer-luxury-of-crispy-1-notes.html|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=10 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912093746/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/9574135/Roger-Moore-I-love-cash.-The-sheer-luxury-of-crispy-1-notes.html|archive-date=12 September 2014}}</ref> Moore said in 2011 that his decision to live abroad was "not about tax. That's a serious part of it. I come back to England often enough not to miss it, to see the changes, to find some of the changes good...I paid my taxes at the time that I was earning a decent income, so I've paid my due".<ref name="ScotDec11">{{cite news|date=12 December 2011|title=Sir Roger Moore defends decision to live in Monaco and Switzerland|work=[[The Scotsman]]|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/sir-roger-moore-defends-decision-live-monaco-and-switzerland-2480788|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603235941/https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/sir-roger-moore-defends-decision-live-monaco-and-switzerland-2480788|archive-date=3 June 2021}}</ref>