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"Good evening Mr. Bond."
"Good evening, your majesty.
"
― Queen Elizabeth II and James Bond[src]

Queen Elizabeth II (born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, April 21, 1926 - September 8, 2022) was the ruler of the United Kingdom, head of the Commonwealth and England's longest serving monarch with a reign of seven decades.

London 2012 Olympics[]

James Bond enters the front gate of Buckingham Palace in a London black cab. His entrance (accompanied by an arrangement of Handel's "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba") is noticed by Brazilian children (a nod to Rio de Janeiro, the next summer Games host city) in the throne room. Bond escorts Queen Elizabeth II (who played herself, acknowledging Bond with the words, "Good evening, Mr. Bond") out of the building and into a waiting AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter.

The helicopter flies across London, above the cheers of a crowd on The Mall, past Nelson's Column, doubling back to the Palace of Westminster with an animated Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square, and then along the Thames past the London Eye, St Paul's Cathedral, the financial district City of London (with 30 St Mary Axe in the background), and then passes through Tower Bridge, accompanied by the Dambusters March.

The film finishes with Bond and the Queen apparently jumping from a helicopter live above the stadium with Union Jack parachutes (famously used by Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me) accompanied by the James Bond Theme. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, along with Jacques Rogge, are then introduced to the audience, the Queen wearing the same dress as in the film, as if she had just arrived with Bond.

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James Bond escorts The Queen to the opening ceremony - London 2012 Olympic Games - BBC-0

James Bond escorts The Queen to the opening ceremony - London 2012 Olympic Games - BBC

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