EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS
AT HOME IN HER MALIBU OCEANFRONT MANSION
FEELING FREE AND LOOKING FABULOUS AS SHE EMBRACES THE CHANGES GROWING OLDER HAS BROUGHT
If there is a poster girl for the septuagenarian woman, Jane Seymour is it. Taking a dip in her pool, the former James Bond star looks sensational in a swimsuit at 72 as we join her for an exclusive photoshoot at her oceanfront Malibu mansion.
In a world terrified of ageing, the British actress has embraced the changes thrown at her over the decades with a positive outlook. Now, being in her 70s has brought her great happiness.
“I feel an extraordinary freedom at the moment, I really do,” she tells HELLO!.
Never one to rest on her laurels, Jane lives life to the full not only as a Hollywood star and a leading lady in TV, fêted for her role in 1990s drama Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, but also as a devoted grandmother and mother to her four beloved children – Katherine, 41, Sean, 38 and twins John and Kristopher, 27.
“All the kids have now left home and taken off and it’s my time for me,” she says. “There’s no point talking about next year or the year after because I don’t know about tomorrow. I live very much in the moment. If someone says: ‘Do you want to?’ I go: ‘Yes.’ And: ‘Let’s do it now, not tomorrow.’”
EMBRACING THE YEARS
As someone who seems to know all the secrets to living a long, happy and healthy life, Jane is generous in sharing her experience of ageing and the menopause in the hope of removing some of the stigma that surrounds them.
“The world is against ageing. We hate it. We go: ‘Oh no, there’s a wrinkle! Oh my God! Get rid of it. Grey hair? No! Terrifying!’” she says, looking aghast. “Whereas you can look at it the other way and say: ‘I now have time in my life to do things I really want to do. Maybe I can become the person I want to be.’
“No one wants to talk about ageing, especially women, because they’re doing everything they can to look 20 or 30 years younger,” she adds. “There’s always been this thing that once you turn 50 and you’re not having babies, you’re kind of useless. Done. And in my case, I wasn’t done at all.”
In fact, Jane remains radiant, bursting with positivity and infectious enthusiasm. “I’m just so happy to be alive and I feel gratitude for being safe and pretty healthy,” she says. “I feel gratitude for having great relationships with my children and my family, my close friends and even my school friends.”
