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КОМЕНТАРІ • 277

  • @mogznwaz
    @mogznwaz 3 роки тому +77

    The 2012 Olympics was the best ever. The opening ceremony actually made me cry. Makes me sad to have gone from such a great moment of national unity to where we are now with the constant attacks on our character and history.

    • @hazelanderson1479
      @hazelanderson1479 3 роки тому +11

      Hear, hear! Thank you for that 💕🇬🇧!!

    • @TheRetroManRandySavage
      @TheRetroManRandySavage 2 роки тому

      Exactly. When we could be proud of our country and history without being labelled a white supremacist Hitler incarnate.

  • @markywellsboy2182
    @markywellsboy2182 3 роки тому +63

    Possibly the best opening ceremony ever.
    Apparently, when the request came in to do this, Queenie asked William and Harry and their response was that she MUST do it!

    • @rowdyyates4273
      @rowdyyates4273 3 роки тому

      it was Satanic!

    • @cockertoo8920
      @cockertoo8920 3 роки тому +13

      William and Harry had been kept in the dark about it, that's how big a secret it was. They found out about it when everybody else did

  • @carlrowland3757
    @carlrowland3757 3 роки тому +81

    I’ve met the queen whilst in the army and she maybe getting old but she has a keen eye for detail and nothing gets past her at all. She can read you like a book too.

    • @jedislap8726
      @jedislap8726 3 роки тому +12

      Yeah I was based at RAF Marham where she is the Royal CO and I've been Honorary Guard for her 3 times. She is VERY astute, she can spot a piece of fluff on your dress uniform from 40 paces.

  • @plong6246
    @plong6246 3 роки тому +145

    It would have been great if when Daniel Craig had entered the Queen's office she'd been stroking a corgi on her lap and greeted Bond with "I've been expecting you Mr Bond".

    • @TomCamies
      @TomCamies 3 роки тому +15

      They really missed the boat with that one.

    • @tommoncrieff1154
      @tommoncrieff1154 3 роки тому +15

      She’s not a villain though, she’s the boss he’s been working for since Ian Fleming created James Bond in 1953.

    • @PastPresented
      @PastPresented 3 роки тому +5

      Funnily enough, the original version (in "Diamonds Are Forever" I think) really is "Good evening Mr Bond" without "I've been expecting you". I guess the corgi on the lap would have been considered disrespectful by the _Daily Telegraph_

    • @PastPresented
      @PastPresented 3 роки тому +6

      @@tommoncrieff1154 Vast income: _check_
      Palatial residence: _check_
      Squads of armed guards: _check_
      Pedigree furry pets: _check_
      She's the villain, and Boris Johnson is her current Oddjob

    • @jamestownsend2095
      @jamestownsend2095 3 роки тому +3

      🤣😂

  • @LondonLocal
    @LondonLocal 3 роки тому +47

    I was watching this live in Hyde Park and no one knew the real Queen was involved... HUGE cheer when we all realised 👍🇬🇧 London 2012, best 6 weeks of my life 😃

  • @alisonrandall3039
    @alisonrandall3039 3 роки тому +49

    The Queen volunteered to be a Bond girl. She has a great sense of humour. When Prince William and Harry saw their Grandmother supposedly jumping out of the helicopter. They could be seen shouting “Go granny go”

    • @cockertoo8920
      @cockertoo8920 3 роки тому +5

      That's right because nobody had been told about it in her family either, only Prince Philip

    • @marycarver1542
      @marycarver1542 9 місяців тому +1

      It was good, but not as good as her having Paddington Bear to tea ! That again was real, the bear was Paddington,
      and it was so sweet !

  • @daveloboda1769
    @daveloboda1769 3 роки тому +14

    Great stuff. Her Majesty, apparently, has a great sense of humour and was happy to do this. She was crowned the year I was born, long may she reign.

  • @johnpbh
    @johnpbh 3 роки тому +85

    Great reaction. THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST OLYMPIC OPENING SEQUENCES EVER - As you say, quite something for Danny Boyle, who directed the opening and closing ceremonies, to get the Queen to be involved in something like that.
    I can remember back to the time leading up to it and the press and general opinion was that we wouldn't do a very good job. Boy were they wrong.

    • @frogstamper
      @frogstamper 3 роки тому +7

      Nobody does pageantry or puts on a show better than the Brits.

    • @discomikeyboy2012
      @discomikeyboy2012 3 роки тому +4

      The opening ceremony was definitely a 'game of two halves'. The bit about the NHS was a bit bizarre, but the industrial revolution bit was jaw dropping. I was lucky enough to see the final dress rehearsal a couple of days before real thing. Everybody had cameras but few were taking pictures because everyone was so dumbfounded they couldn't believe what they were seeing.

    • @hazelanderson1479
      @hazelanderson1479 3 роки тому

      @Billy Bunter Well said, Sir. Well said!

  • @gdfggggg
    @gdfggggg 3 роки тому +22

    I love the queen, she just keeps her mouth shut and does her duty.

  • @DavidGigg
    @DavidGigg 3 роки тому +26

    The phrase 'Happy and Glorious is from the national anthem 'God Save the Queen'. You must have heard that song living in the UK

  • @benenty692
    @benenty692 3 роки тому +26

    The queen proving she can have a laugh

    • @hazelanderson1479
      @hazelanderson1479 3 роки тому +1

      The Queen is, by all accounts, a very good mimic. I’d pay good money to see her impressions of famous people.

  • @ListerDavid
    @ListerDavid 3 роки тому +35

    This was such a great thing to watch on that night and the most British way to start the Olympic’s.

  • @grahamlong6870
    @grahamlong6870 3 роки тому +12

    I have met the Queen at my society in London. Hand shakes with her and the Duke, along with a lengthy chat. Both very nice people, and not at all posh.
    The Queen is the best of Britain, and to be treasured.

  • @2opler
    @2opler 3 роки тому +21

    And she can fix your truck.

    • @richardgriffin5466
      @richardgriffin5466 11 місяців тому

      Where is your UA-cam channel now not seen nothing for one year

  • @susanleitch8649
    @susanleitch8649 3 роки тому +8

    Thank you. God save the Queen indeed.

  • @jamescockings6852
    @jamescockings6852 3 роки тому +16

    The commentary you can hear is from the live broadcast of the Opening Ceremony. I was lucky enough to be in the stadium to watch witness this live :-)

  • @vallee3140
    @vallee3140 3 роки тому +42

    The Queen is known for her sense of humour, so when this was done, she deliberately made him wait, that cough he did to get her attention was not rehearsed.

    • @griffinenoch8030
      @griffinenoch8030 2 роки тому

      Sorry to be so off topic but does any of you know a trick to get back into an instagram account?
      I was stupid forgot the account password. I love any help you can offer me!

    • @caidengatlin2007
      @caidengatlin2007 2 роки тому

      @Griffin Enoch Instablaster :)

  • @likeitout
    @likeitout 3 роки тому +62

    She’s a very well trained mechanic. I jest not.

    • @susanleitch8649
      @susanleitch8649 3 роки тому +8

      @Maffew UK During the war I believe.

    • @hazelanderson1479
      @hazelanderson1479 3 роки тому +4

      @Pete Singletons The Queen was born in 1926!

    • @cazbyanyothername8994
      @cazbyanyothername8994 3 роки тому +3

      @Pete Singletons she was born in 1926 which would make her 94 you need to learn to add up !!

    • @cazbyanyothername8994
      @cazbyanyothername8994 3 роки тому +2

      @@susanleitch8649 first world war how old do you think she is

    • @davidcollins9335
      @davidcollins9335 3 роки тому +2

      Yip, there's pics of hir working away under a bonnet of a army land rover, covered in oil.

  • @MichaelJohnsonAzgard
    @MichaelJohnsonAzgard 3 роки тому +9

    I love the London 2012 opening ceremony and probably my favourite show that I've seen.

  • @sticklebacksummer
    @sticklebacksummer 3 роки тому +41

    You should see the part where Mr Bean plays in the orchestra at the ceremony

  • @truckerfromreno
    @truckerfromreno Рік тому

    That was fantastic. We were so lucky to have Her Majesty for so long. May she rest in eternal peace.

  • @a.kramer1615
    @a.kramer1615 3 роки тому +12

    Best Olympic opening ever (at least as far as I can remember 😏)

  • @BillCameronWC
    @BillCameronWC 3 роки тому +15

    The music is Handel and that particular piece is called Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. You should try and watch the first part of the opening ceremony too.

  • @aucourant9998
    @aucourant9998 3 роки тому +30

    The whole of the Olympic Ceremony was really good (including David Beckham arriving by boat with the Olympic torch). The whole games was a wonderful success and really boosted the spirits of everyone in Britain. It was almost the anti-Corona virus effect. Super Saturday was the best day for Brits with three Gold medals including one for the Olympic's poster-girl Jessica Ennis; never to be forgotten.

    • @WOTArtyNoobs
      @WOTArtyNoobs 3 роки тому

      Except David Beckham was not helming the speedboat. He was just standing there giving the appearance that he was in command, but there was a man crouching by his knees and he was controlling the boat. The reason being that David Beckham was not qualified to drive the boat.

    • @hazelanderson1479
      @hazelanderson1479 3 роки тому

      None of us had ever heard of the coronavirus in 2012.

  • @colinharbinson8284
    @colinharbinson8284 3 роки тому +11

    She was Queen when I was born, I'm from the generation that believe she did it all........and wouldn't really have needed a parachute.

  • @neilmorrison7356
    @neilmorrison7356 3 роки тому +22

    The Queen used to, and maybe still does, host informal dinners were people from different spheres are invited, so you could be there with a sports person, scientist, entertainer, somebody from business, charity worker and religious leader. Real honour fun and interesting,

    • @Trek001
      @Trek001 3 роки тому +1

      She does, though not at the moment for obvious reasons. Apparently, one of her favourite informal dinners is the one she had with Yuri Gagarin when he came to the UK after his historic mission. It was just her, Gagarin and Philip along with a few aides and so on...

  • @kimberlypatton205
    @kimberlypatton205 10 місяців тому

    The Queen was played by a very great & identical actress.. What a wonderful clip!

  • @thefacultyoffunk
    @thefacultyoffunk 3 роки тому +23

    The opening ceremony is well worth a watch, as you say all things British.

    • @MrJonno85
      @MrJonno85 3 роки тому +1

      Not sure what Felipe would make of the pro-NHS section of the performance!

    • @Loudon70
      @Loudon70 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrJonno85 why is he not a fan of them?

    • @MrJonno85
      @MrJonno85 3 роки тому +1

      @@Loudon70 Not particularly, from what I glean; at least not of the 'cult' of the NHS.

    • @rowdyyates4273
      @rowdyyates4273 3 роки тому

      Look again at the opening ceremony,its to do with covid, watch out for the boris doll and the nurses,!!!!!

  • @marionpetford7374
    @marionpetford7374 3 роки тому +10

    Brilliant thank you for showing this 👍

  • @vvvvvv2086
    @vvvvvv2086 3 роки тому +3

    I never tire of seeing this.

  • @allanchurm
    @allanchurm 3 роки тому +5

    real thing that happend a american tourists were walking in the wood close to a royal residence and they spotted a lady walking with a gentleman behind her..they asked the lady if she had ever met the queen ..the lady said NO but he has... pointing to the royal bodyguard..lol

  • @johnm3541
    @johnm3541 3 роки тому +19

    The most powerful women in the world for 70 years and today's young wemen think they invented wemens lib

    • @davidbarlow431
      @davidbarlow431 3 роки тому +3

      The world forgets the Queen is a lady who knows how to change her own spark plugs.

  • @mervinmannas7671
    @mervinmannas7671 3 роки тому +2

    This was the best kept secret ever. Danny Boyle and a couple of others came up with this idea and were certain the queen would dismiss the idea. She has a wicked sence of humour and thought it would be a hoot. 2 copies of her dress had to be made. The 2nd in a much bigger size to fit the stuntman (yes man) who actually did the jump. The only person in the royal family who knew about this was the Duke. Everyone else was kepyt in the dark and were as gobsmacked as the rest of us. The opening ceremony was long 4 hours but it was amazing. And you are right was a packed show of everything british with a big shout out the the NHS along with Great Ormond St hospital and childrens literature.

  • @chips1889
    @chips1889 2 роки тому

    Makes me fill with pride, every time I see it.

  • @ajs41
    @ajs41 3 роки тому +13

    Was this really 8 years ago? Feels like yesterday.

  • @clivestevenson8589
    @clivestevenson8589 3 роки тому +3

    They had an actor lined up to play the Queen and everyone thought it would be an actor, then she turned around - it was really her! She insisted on doing it herself.

  • @irene-jb7jc
    @irene-jb7jc 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you 💕 Mr Bond 😂❤

  • @Wally-H
    @Wally-H 3 роки тому +2

    Dear old Barry Davies on the commentary there - a much loved sports commentator

  • @greigclement9081
    @greigclement9081 3 роки тому +6

    I enjoyed the whole British opening ceremony :) Mr Bean was also a highlight on the night.

    • @hazelanderson1479
      @hazelanderson1479 3 роки тому

      Those really were the two best bits of the ceremony. The Industrial Revolution section was noteworthy too.

  • @sarahhardy8649
    @sarahhardy8649 3 роки тому +3

    Apparently William and Harry didn’t know about this and when they saw the footage being played on the screen in the stadium, the two boys were shouting “Go Granny!!!!”

  • @TCMECH79
    @TCMECH79 Рік тому

    Only Queen Elizabeth would turn the Olympic games opening ceremony into a James Bond opening

  • @hayzeebloke
    @hayzeebloke 3 роки тому +9

    This is what makes us proud to be British. 🇬🇧

  • @DH-sm7sw
    @DH-sm7sw 3 роки тому +2

    Most Brits were gobsmacked when she turned round as we were expecting an actress. When the idea was posed to the Queen she insisted on doing it; she even had the original helicopter replaced as she thought it wasnt the type she would use.

  • @SJ-GodofGnomes21
    @SJ-GodofGnomes21 3 роки тому +1

    I remember this opening.... this doesn't doit justice, the symmetry was perfect

  • @lindamerrett6600
    @lindamerrett6600 3 роки тому +1

    Love you two,❤️

  • @markp9254
    @markp9254 3 роки тому +6

    Reminds me of a very happy time watching that. Great opening ceremony you should try and watch some more clips 🙂

  • @michellehardman50
    @michellehardman50 3 роки тому +3

    The kids wearing the yellow baseball caps with the Brazilian flag was a nod to the future Olympics 2016

  • @samaitken5819
    @samaitken5819 3 роки тому +2

    they were going to use a double but the queen said she will do it

  • @alabama1413
    @alabama1413 3 роки тому +6

    Lillian & Felipe, you really MUST do a reaction to Rowan Atkinson’s musical piece at the Ceremony. Typical genius at work..

    • @omegasue
      @omegasue 3 роки тому

      It's okay, I've left a link .... 😉

  • @dannyblackwell2426
    @dannyblackwell2426 3 роки тому +1

    i loved this, just great fun seeing the queen taking part in something like that.

  • @cooldude4643
    @cooldude4643 3 роки тому +14

    lillian doesnt know where "happy and glorious" comes from ☹

    • @johnmh1000
      @johnmh1000 3 роки тому +4

      Ok I'll do it then. It's a line from the British National anthem: Send her victorious/happy and glorious/long to reign over us/God save the Queen. I'll get my coat...

    • @ricchardo
      @ricchardo 3 роки тому

      True but then again "we" probably don't know the words to the star spangled banner either. I know for a fact I don't.

    • @hazelanderson1479
      @hazelanderson1479 3 роки тому

      @@ricchardo I do, and am not American. Nor am I French, but I know The Marseillaise as well. Most national anthems are war cries really, but ours venerate the monarch. God Save The Queen 👑🇬🇧!

  • @weedle30
    @weedle30 3 роки тому +1

    Viewing sorted later on today... the 2012 Olympics DVD - watch and shed tears of joyous pride at what “we” achieved that glorious Summer! No country will ever better that majestic and wonderful Opening Ceremony - well, they won’t have a Queen leaping out of a helicopter with James Bond 007 for a kick off! 😄😄👍🏻😎

  • @truthseeker3618
    @truthseeker3618 3 роки тому +2

    We do see the queen when she attends shows etc, we sat 10 seats away from her at the Great Yorkshire Show in 2008 it was amazing x

  • @michaels640
    @michaels640 3 роки тому +3

    Oh, it was more than ‘music and dancing’. They showed the whole change from a pastoral country through the industrial revolution in the most amazing way... Watch the opening ceremony video...

  • @michaeldouglas9394
    @michaeldouglas9394 3 роки тому +7

    As someone who was there on the night, the whole ceremony was electric. Nine years down the line, I can't comprehend what has happened to this country and its values.

    • @25is27
      @25is27 3 роки тому +1

      Its called Boris Johnston and right wing populism. He and his kind were furious at the opening ceremony and its depiction of the wonderful NHS. They would close that down in a heartbeat if they weren't scared of losing all the working class vote that they mugged into voting for them. Level up! What happened to that? lol.

  • @johnwinton2209
    @johnwinton2209 2 роки тому

    Even as an impartial viewer (British) i have to say that I think the 2012 ceremony will never be beaten.

  • @danielbyrne5402
    @danielbyrne5402 3 роки тому +11

    This was just after an American governor said we'd be crap as a host

    • @eyeofthetiger6002
      @eyeofthetiger6002 3 роки тому +5

      That would be Mitt, right? 🤣

    • @robertlangley1664
      @robertlangley1664 3 роки тому +1

      Daniel Byrne typical yanks stop bragging because you got nothing to Bragg about. Who been in the White House for the last four years

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 3 роки тому

      Which one?

    • @robertlangley1664
      @robertlangley1664 3 роки тому +1

      All of them since Ron ??

    • @danielw5850
      @danielw5850 3 роки тому

      "Some guy named Mitt..." Boris Johnson (then Mayor of London)

  • @JanTheNan
    @JanTheNan 2 роки тому

    Queenie, BOND Girl LOL.

  • @itsonlyme9938
    @itsonlyme9938 3 роки тому +1

    Very good publicity for our Great Country great shots of inside Buckingham Place and see things inside that I and many other people will never see unless your James Bond.

  • @empressofromulas
    @empressofromulas 2 роки тому

    She did everything but jumped-best opening ever-yes she can fix a Jeep /truck/drive an ambulance-No tomention all her other duties

  • @peterwimsey1
    @peterwimsey1 3 роки тому

    the tall gentleman near the beginning is the Queen's "Page of the Backstairs"

  • @Captally
    @Captally 3 роки тому +3

    We got our first television on Coronation day morning and the street party the next day. It's hard to believe that this is the same person crowned that day. People must have felt the same at the end of Victoria's reign.

    • @27Primula
      @27Primula 3 роки тому

      We did too, all the neighbours came in to watch!

  • @arwelp
    @arwelp 3 роки тому +1

    The commentary in the background was the ex-BBC commentator Barry Davies, this is the OBS (Olympic Broadcasting Services) version of the coverage, from the IOC, rather than the BBC commentary.

  • @tracytabb2882
    @tracytabb2882 3 роки тому

    Love our wee queen ❤️❤️👍👍👍

  • @04williamsl
    @04williamsl 3 роки тому +1

    I can still remember being forced to work the night shift at my job at the local cinema and missing this. Got in at 3am, stayed up until nearly 7 watching the highlights. Then went back in for another shift at 12.30pm.
    I have no regrets about staying up watching it... but wished I'd had the guts to call in sick to watch it as it actually happened. Doubt I'll get to see GB host another olympics in my lifetime sadly!

  • @robertburr2212
    @robertburr2212 3 роки тому +2

    I loved this guys, watch more of the opening ceremony

  • @smush1414
    @smush1414 3 роки тому +1

    A nice patriotic video on the day we remember our fallen and our allies 🥰

  • @penname5766
    @penname5766 3 роки тому +1

    So this was being shown on a big screen at the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony and the person doing the voiceover is at the venue. This footage is supposed to be in real time (of course it was really a prerecording), and then it segues into the Queen's actual appearance at the stadium.

  • @andrewdoubtfire4700
    @andrewdoubtfire4700 3 роки тому +15

    Music. Wasn’t it Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”

    • @Hom3rTNT
      @Hom3rTNT 3 роки тому +1

      Yes

    • @PastPresented
      @PastPresented 3 роки тому

      That was the first piece. While they were walking to the helicopter the music was a different Handel piece: _La Réjouissance_ from "Music for the Royal Fireworks".

  • @bobbyboko6317
    @bobbyboko6317 3 роки тому +6

    Makes you proud

  • @michaels640
    @michaels640 3 роки тому +7

    Here’s the link. It’s long but please find the time to watch the first 16 minutes (not as a reaction😂) if you really want to understand Britain. This was Danny Boyle’s Olympic Games 2012 opening, and nobody knew what to expect. But not this! It was amazing.... pure theatre, capturing our history from pastoral though the industrial revolution. You still wonder how they did it. At minute 16 007 calls for the Queen, which is what you’ve already seen. And I can guarantee, you win’t have seen anything like this before. The percussionist who starts the beat is Evelyn Glennie, who is deaf, but plays through the vibrations in her feet.
    ua-cam.com/video/H2VPSjHnc2E/v-deo.html

    • @PastPresented
      @PastPresented 3 роки тому +1

      That's a highlights video that went wrong (terrible, terrible sound). The full version, with mostly better sound, is ua-cam.com/video/4As0e4de-rI/v-deo.html (and even the athletes' parade had a great soundtrack)

    • @michaels640
      @michaels640 3 роки тому

      @@PastPresented Thank you so much! I’ve just watched it through to the arrival of The Queen. It’s really quite amazing... very moving. Thanks again...

  • @myoldmate
    @myoldmate 3 роки тому +1

    Ditto for Jordan Peterson. I came across him a few Months ago and he's a wonderful man, never heard anyone make so much sense before. Hope he fully recovers soon, the world needs people like him.

  • @happinesscounts
    @happinesscounts 3 роки тому +8

    The Postmodern Family have made 2020 so much better, Thank you Lilian and Felipe for doing these amazing videos and making us laugh and smile during Lockdown

  • @paulwalker2401
    @paulwalker2401 3 роки тому

    Our queen ,and our bond , the empire is in safe hands 🇬🇧💕

  • @riotagus
    @riotagus 3 роки тому

    What a wonderful Lady, God bless and protect for ever and ever.
    From a very greatfull British Citizen.

  • @thomascassidy8347
    @thomascassidy8347 3 роки тому

    Superbly made and love love Bond and the Queen xx

  • @thesocialreject4071
    @thesocialreject4071 3 роки тому

    I remember watching this live

  • @carolross6583
    @carolross6583 3 роки тому +1

    Eight years ago. Time flies.

  • @stephengibson4823
    @stephengibson4823 3 роки тому

    I love it "What is the name of this song, Happy and glorious? " LOL
    "The arrival of the Queen of Sheba" By Georg Friedrich Handel. German.

    • @PastPresented
      @PastPresented 3 роки тому

      There were quite a few references to the achievements of immigrants (or offspring of immigrants, like Brunel) in the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony!

  • @nick7076
    @nick7076 3 роки тому

    Her Majesty has a great sense of humour. I think she would have been thrilled to be asked to play a part.
    The commentary is from the live TV coverage

  • @dekjn
    @dekjn 2 роки тому

    Daniel Craig as been made a honorary commander in Royal Navy, the same rank that was held by James Bond :-)

  • @ashleyp.4932
    @ashleyp.4932 Рік тому

    It's two years later so you probably know this already, but the noise in the background was because it was being shown live on screens in the stadium and in Hyde Park.
    Very sad is the fact that the stuntman who dressed as the queen for the jump was jailed a month or so ago for assaulting his girlfriend.

  • @madgeordie4469
    @madgeordie4469 2 роки тому

    'Good evening, Mr Bond. We have a mission for you'
    'Your majesty?'
    'This Putin fellow is being very tiresome.......'

  • @patriciacarline6975
    @patriciacarline6975 Рік тому

    Her Majesty was asked if she would like to do it, she consulted Prince Philip who said yes, but they told no-one else in the family etc! Her dresser and seamstresses knew because they made the 2 dresses, one for Her Majesty and one for her stuntman who did the jump - his included matching bloomers in case the skirt blew up! Her Majesty has a wicked sense of humour!

  • @WOTArtyNoobs
    @WOTArtyNoobs 3 роки тому +1

    We were all surprised that the Queen actually did the sequence. Most thought that it would be an actress made up to look like the Queen. The stuntman dressed as the Queen for the skydive, is also the same man who did the first skydive without a parachute, using a wing suit, he landed in a stand of cardboard boxes.
    I was a bit disappointed that the Queen's footman announced Daniel Craig as "Mister Bond" as James Bond was a Commander in the Royal Navy. Therefore, he should have been announced as "Commander Bond", but it would have been correct for the Queen (as his superior) to address him as "Mister Bond".
    The brief walk out of the room has now become legend as a meme. where the Queen asks Bond to arrange for some 'accident' for someone. Daniel Craig almost tripped over the Corgis as they were playing. He was also incredibly grumpy as he had to film it all on his only day off from filming one of the Bond movies. The Queen was very patient and even improvised during the scenes.
    www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB753GB753&sxsrf=ALeKk02EI_q3GwpdAVP2e_jOSsYOxw6KNw:1607025384317&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=Daniel+Craig+Queen+meme&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiw9rSJzLLtAhXDaRUIHezZASAQ7Al6BAgDEEE&biw=1920&bih=975

  • @wendygraham6863
    @wendygraham6863 3 роки тому

    Love our Queen, what a sport she was to do this

  • @samanthawaterman5978
    @samanthawaterman5978 Рік тому

    It was the real Queen and this was played at the 2012 Olympics in London at the opening ceremony, that's why you hear the crowds reaction!
    None of the Royal family knew about it until it was broadcast that evening!

  • @kevindower5987
    @kevindower5987 3 роки тому +1

    They asked for permission to film in Buckingham Palace and the Corgis with an actress playing The Queen. The Queen asked if it would be better if they used the real Queen instead. Of course they said "yes please ma'am".

  • @britanniafirst1254
    @britanniafirst1254 3 роки тому

    It is why a constitutional monarchy works. The Queen is faultless and dependable, and represents the best of the British Commonwealth. Long may She reign.

  • @Kimberley42
    @Kimberley42 3 роки тому

    I love the optimism we all had in 2012. I hope that can return someday

  • @MrDragpics
    @MrDragpics 3 роки тому

    And the Queen did her own stunts.

  • @mauricefaulkner455
    @mauricefaulkner455 3 роки тому

    The London Olympics opening ceremony showed the world how to put on a show the Queen showed the World the true meaning of being Majestic and Daniel, to my mind is James Bond

  • @redsquirrel1086
    @redsquirrel1086 3 роки тому

    The Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics was magnificent.
    The best part was the first segment depicting the Industrial Revolution titled Pandemonium.

  • @geecee310
    @geecee310 3 роки тому +1

    Check out the last few seconds of the video - the suited guy in the top/right corner is watching the tv output and noticed his head had moved out of shot - hence why he clearly bends his knees to get back in the frame.
    He got a lot of stick for that afterwards.

  • @jasonwhitehurst4508
    @jasonwhitehurst4508 3 роки тому

    great video guys.i enjoyed it.🤣

  • @chrisnewsmith9326
    @chrisnewsmith9326 3 роки тому +1

    It was one the most amazing and British show its amazing u should whatch the hole thing it is a bit long but was very good. And it was such a different time compared to know, I realy want thows days back fingers crossed for 2021

  • @suezang5254
    @suezang5254 3 роки тому

    The tall guy is the Queens footman,and No,it wasn't her in the helicopter!!

  • @WickedDandelion
    @WickedDandelion 2 роки тому

    Fun fact guys. The Queen actually ordered all of her staff not to mention anything about the James Bond thing to any of her family. It was a complete surprise to them too - especially Prince Charles who you see saying something to his mother as she walks by.

  • @TheJthom9
    @TheJthom9 3 роки тому +1

    'Happy and Glorious' is not the name of the 'song'. The composition played is 'The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' by Handel. "Happy and glorious" is a lyric in 'God Save the Queen'.

  • @barrykacher7761
    @barrykacher7761 3 роки тому

    London 2012, the best Olympics ever, and the best Opening Ceremony ever. I was back in England on holiday, and as soon as the Opening ceremony finished my brother and I drove down to Surrey (Box Hill) to watch the cycling road race the next day. Brilliant.

    • @brianjackson1744
      @brianjackson1744 3 роки тому

      Barry, we also watched the opening ceremony on the TV, then a couple of days later, walked over the common towards Mickleham to watch the road race along with millions. Brilliant. A