The 40-year-old Moonlight star was speaking after she was awarded an OBE by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

Harris, who received her OBE for services to drama, added:

"I think the fact that the last two Bonds - Spectre and Skyfall - have been the highest-grossing Bond movies of all time shows that people love him as Bond, and they desperately want him to return.

She said collecting her award from the Queen was "lovely", adding that Her Majesty asked her what she was working on at the moment.