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The name's Majesty, Her Majesty: Queen 'drops in' to Olympic Stadium..
UK Daily Mail ^ | Julu 28, 2012 | Katherine Faulkner and Louise Eccles

Posted on 07/28/2012 6:13:12 AM PDT by C19fan

It was the night when the Queen appeared in her first movie acting role – and proved herself an instant comedy hit.

Her Majesty was seen in a film alongside James Bond actor Daniel Craig before apparently ‘parachuting’ into the stadium for the opening ceremony.

The recorded sequence opened at Buckingham Palace, where a tuxedo-wearing Craig as 007 was presented to the Queen by her personal footman as she was writing a letter and training her corgis Monty, Willow and Holly to roll over.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 007; 2012olympics; bond; olympics; queen; royals
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To: MadMitch
You're right - it was 120 Brit POWs who died in the Black Hole.
I was thinking of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre where over 1300 unarmed men, women and children were slaughtered by the military.
Another bright spot in limey history. Feckin' elitist, arrogant pricks.
41 posted on 07/28/2012 12:43:27 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: MadMitch

I bet you our Irish-American friend turns out to be an Ulster Scot by ancestry.


42 posted on 07/28/2012 3:01:19 PM PDT by the scotsman (i)
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To: originalbuckeye
I am sure it's not dementia. I suspect she was (rightly) appalled at the disrespect she was receiving at the hands of the director. I suspect she felt she had to do the thing, but didn't have to look like she enjoyed it. I am sure she would have liked to announce the Opening of the Games, but not after the ridiculous stunt she was supposed to have done.

Nonsense - that was probably THE most rehearsed part of the entire show! You think they're going to have the Queen come down out of the sky showing her bloomers to the whole world without EXTREME thought, planning and filmed practice enactments to go over so they know EXACTLY what it will look like? And you think the Queen would in ANY way feel compelled to submit to that if she didn't want to? Hah! In Britain? NO WAY! That's why the Brits are so enamored with her over the whole thing, because she blew their propriety corks right out of the tops of their stiff upper lips!

BUT - she WAS majorly pissed off about something, and they didn't count on that. Maybe she heard some last minute news about something and couldn't recover in time for the ceremony. William and Harry were also stone faces, so they knew about it too.

Probably secret stuff.

TOP secret.

43 posted on 07/28/2012 5:09:56 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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