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.
@hazelanderson14793 жыл бұрын
Hear, hear! Thank you for that 💕🇬🇧!!
@TheRetroManRandySavage2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. When we could be proud of our country and history without being labelled a white supremacist Hitler incarnate.
@markywellsboy21823 жыл бұрын
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!
@rowdyyates42733 жыл бұрын
it was Satanic!
@cockertoo89203 жыл бұрын
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
@carlrowland37573 жыл бұрын
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.
@jedislap87263 жыл бұрын
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.
@LondonLocal3 жыл бұрын
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 😃
@plong62463 жыл бұрын
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".
@TomCamies3 жыл бұрын
They really missed the boat with that one.
@tommoncrieff11543 жыл бұрын
She’s not a villain though, she’s the boss he’s been working for since Ian Fleming created James Bond in 1953.
@PastPresented3 жыл бұрын
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_
@PastPresented3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@jamestownsend20953 жыл бұрын
🤣😂
@johnpbh3 жыл бұрын
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.
@frogstamper3 жыл бұрын
Nobody does pageantry or puts on a show better than the Brits.
@discomikeyboy20123 жыл бұрын
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.
@hazelanderson14793 жыл бұрын
@Billy Bunter Well said, Sir. Well said!
@alisonrandall30393 жыл бұрын
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”
@cockertoo89203 жыл бұрын
That's right because nobody had been told about it in her family either, only Prince Philip
@marycarver154211 ай бұрын
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 !
@daveloboda17693 жыл бұрын
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.
@benenty6923 жыл бұрын
The queen proving she can have a laugh
@hazelanderson14793 жыл бұрын
The Queen is, by all accounts, a very good mimic. I’d pay good money to see her impressions of famous people.
@gdfggggg3 жыл бұрын
I love the queen, she just keeps her mouth shut and does her duty.
@scabthecat3 жыл бұрын
Thinks of England
@ListerDavid3 жыл бұрын
This was such a great thing to watch on that night and the most British way to start the Olympic’s.
@2opler3 жыл бұрын
And she can fix your truck.
@richardgriffin5466 Жыл бұрын
Where is your KZbin channel now not seen nothing for one year
@DavidGigg3 жыл бұрын
The phrase 'Happy and Glorious is from the national anthem 'God Save the Queen'. You must have heard that song living in the UK
@grahamlong68703 жыл бұрын
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.
@susanleitch86493 жыл бұрын
Thank you. God save the Queen indeed.
@likeitout3 жыл бұрын
She’s a very well trained mechanic. I jest not.
@susanleitch86493 жыл бұрын
@Maffew UK During the war I believe.
@hazelanderson14793 жыл бұрын
@Pete Singletons The Queen was born in 1926!
@cazbyanyothername89943 жыл бұрын
@Pete Singletons she was born in 1926 which would make her 94 you need to learn to add up !!
@cazbyanyothername89943 жыл бұрын
@@susanleitch8649 first world war how old do you think she is
@davidcollins93353 жыл бұрын
Yip, there's pics of hir working away under a bonnet of a army land rover, covered in oil.
@sticklebacksummer3 жыл бұрын
You should see the part where Mr Bean plays in the orchestra at the ceremony
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.
@griffinenoch80303 жыл бұрын
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!
@caidengatlin20073 жыл бұрын
@Griffin Enoch Instablaster :)
@a.kramer16153 жыл бұрын
Best Olympic opening ever (at least as far as I can remember 😏)
@hazelanderson14793 жыл бұрын
YES! YES!! YES!!!
@jamescockings68523 жыл бұрын
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 :-)
@MichaelJohnsonAzgard3 жыл бұрын
I love the London 2012 opening ceremony and probably my favourite show that I've seen.
@neilmorrison73563 жыл бұрын
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,
@Trek0013 жыл бұрын
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...
@marionpetford73743 жыл бұрын
Brilliant thank you for showing this 👍
@allanchurm3 жыл бұрын
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
@truckerfromreno Жыл бұрын
That was fantastic. We were so lucky to have Her Majesty for so long. May she rest in eternal peace.
@clivestevenson85893 жыл бұрын
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.
@ajs413 жыл бұрын
Was this really 8 years ago? Feels like yesterday.
@thefacultyoffunk3 жыл бұрын
The opening ceremony is well worth a watch, as you say all things British.
@MrJonno853 жыл бұрын
Not sure what Felipe would make of the pro-NHS section of the performance!
@Loudon703 жыл бұрын
@@MrJonno85 why is he not a fan of them?
@MrJonno853 жыл бұрын
@@Loudon70 Not particularly, from what I glean; at least not of the 'cult' of the NHS.
@rowdyyates42733 жыл бұрын
Look again at the opening ceremony,its to do with covid, watch out for the boris doll and the nurses,!!!!!
@colinharbinson82843 жыл бұрын
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.
@vvvvvv20863 жыл бұрын
I never tire of seeing this.
@BillCameronWC3 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnm35413 жыл бұрын
The most powerful women in the world for 70 years and today's young wemen think they invented wemens lib
@davidbarlow4313 жыл бұрын
The world forgets the Queen is a lady who knows how to change her own spark plugs.
@aucourant99983 жыл бұрын
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.
@WOTArtyNoobs3 жыл бұрын
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.
@hazelanderson14793 жыл бұрын
None of us had ever heard of the coronavirus in 2012.
@itsonlyme99383 жыл бұрын
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.
@samaitken58193 жыл бұрын
they were going to use a double but the queen said she will do it
@DH-sm7sw3 жыл бұрын
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.
@kimberlypatton205 Жыл бұрын
The Queen was played by a very great & identical actress.. What a wonderful clip!
@greigclement90813 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the whole British opening ceremony :) Mr Bean was also a highlight on the night.
@hazelanderson14793 жыл бұрын
Those really were the two best bits of the ceremony. The Industrial Revolution section was noteworthy too.
@chips18892 жыл бұрын
Makes me fill with pride, every time I see it.
@davidyoung5114Күн бұрын
'One-take Liz' was the Queen's nickname whenever she recorded her Christmas message, as it only took one take to record each message, and the same thing with this bit, as director Danny Boyle said that she did the sequence in one take as well!
@markp92543 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a very happy time watching that. Great opening ceremony you should try and watch some more clips 🙂
@irene-jb7jc6 ай бұрын
Thank you 💕 Mr Bond 😂❤
@mervinmannas76713 жыл бұрын
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.
@Wally-H3 жыл бұрын
Dear old Barry Davies on the commentary there - a much loved sports commentator
@hayzeebloke3 жыл бұрын
This is what makes us proud to be British. 🇬🇧
@cooldude46433 жыл бұрын
lillian doesnt know where "happy and glorious" comes from ☹
@johnmh10003 жыл бұрын
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...
@ricchardo3 жыл бұрын
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.
@hazelanderson14793 жыл бұрын
@@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 👑🇬🇧!
@dannyblackwell24263 жыл бұрын
i loved this, just great fun seeing the queen taking part in something like that.
@arwelp3 жыл бұрын
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.
@bobbyboko63173 жыл бұрын
Makes you proud
@lindamerrett66003 жыл бұрын
Love you two,❤️
@nick70763 жыл бұрын
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
@danielbyrne54023 жыл бұрын
This was just after an American governor said we'd be crap as a host
@eyeofthetiger60023 жыл бұрын
That would be Mitt, right? 🤣
@robertlangley16643 жыл бұрын
Daniel Byrne typical yanks stop bragging because you got nothing to Bragg about. Who been in the White House for the last four years
@ajs413 жыл бұрын
Which one?
@robertlangley16643 жыл бұрын
All of them since Ron ??
@danielw58503 жыл бұрын
"Some guy named Mitt..." Boris Johnson (then Mayor of London)
@alabama14133 жыл бұрын
Lillian & Felipe, you really MUST do a reaction to Rowan Atkinson’s musical piece at the Ceremony. Typical genius at work..
@omegasue3 жыл бұрын
It's okay, I've left a link .... 😉
@SJ-GodofGnomes213 жыл бұрын
I remember this opening.... this doesn't doit justice, the symmetry was perfect
@sarahhardy86493 жыл бұрын
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!!!!”
@michaeldouglas93943 жыл бұрын
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.
@25is273 жыл бұрын
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.
@truthseeker36183 жыл бұрын
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
@andrewdoubtfire47003 жыл бұрын
Music. Wasn’t it Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”
@Hom3rTNT3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@PastPresented3 жыл бұрын
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".
@weedle303 жыл бұрын
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! 😄😄👍🏻😎
@JanTheNan2 жыл бұрын
Queenie, BOND Girl LOL.
@michaels6403 жыл бұрын
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...
@michaels6403 жыл бұрын
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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmO5gYagfdOWaKc
@PastPresented3 жыл бұрын
That's a highlights video that went wrong (terrible, terrible sound). The full version, with mostly better sound, is kzbin.info/www/bejne/anLWYZhqmcpgqKs (and even the athletes' parade had a great soundtrack)
@michaels6403 жыл бұрын
@@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...
@smush14143 жыл бұрын
A nice patriotic video on the day we remember our fallen and our allies 🥰
@johnwinton22092 жыл бұрын
Even as an impartial viewer (British) i have to say that I think the 2012 ceremony will never be beaten.
@happinesscounts3 жыл бұрын
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
@robertburr22123 жыл бұрын
I loved this guys, watch more of the opening ceremony
@empressofromulas3 жыл бұрын
She did everything but jumped-best opening ever-yes she can fix a Jeep /truck/drive an ambulance-No tomention all her other duties
@TCMECH792 жыл бұрын
Only Queen Elizabeth would turn the Olympic games opening ceremony into a James Bond opening
@tracytabb28823 жыл бұрын
Love our wee queen ❤️❤️👍👍👍
@penname57663 жыл бұрын
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.
@Captally3 жыл бұрын
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.
@27Primula3 жыл бұрын
We did too, all the neighbours came in to watch!
@peterwimsey13 жыл бұрын
the tall gentleman near the beginning is the Queen's "Page of the Backstairs"
@paulwalker24013 жыл бұрын
Our queen ,and our bond , the empire is in safe hands 🇬🇧💕
@04williamsl3 жыл бұрын
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!
@terenceretter50493 жыл бұрын
ah, but you did your duty! Well done.
@wendygraham68633 жыл бұрын
Love our Queen, what a sport she was to do this
@thesocialreject40713 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this live
@carolross65833 жыл бұрын
Eight years ago. Time flies.
@Kimberley423 жыл бұрын
I love the optimism we all had in 2012. I hope that can return someday
@riotagus3 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful Lady, God bless and protect for ever and ever. From a very greatfull British Citizen.
@myoldmate3 жыл бұрын
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.
@thomascassidy83473 жыл бұрын
Superbly made and love love Bond and the Queen xx
@ashleyp.49322 жыл бұрын
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.
@dekjn2 жыл бұрын
Daniel Craig as been made a honorary commander in Royal Navy, the same rank that was held by James Bond :-)
@geecee3103 жыл бұрын
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.
@samanthawaterman5978 Жыл бұрын
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!
@patriciacarline69752 жыл бұрын
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!
@chrisnewsmith93263 жыл бұрын
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
@johnmh10003 жыл бұрын
The first piece of music is not Happy & Glorious, that's a line from the British National Anthem, it's The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by Handel. Great vid - thanks for uploading.
@MrDragpics3 жыл бұрын
And the Queen did her own stunts.
@suezang52543 жыл бұрын
The tall guy is the Queens footman,and No,it wasn't her in the helicopter!!
@MarkMcLT Жыл бұрын
Miss you guys.
@madgeordie44693 жыл бұрын
'Good evening, Mr Bond. We have a mission for you' 'Your majesty?' 'This Putin fellow is being very tiresome.......'
@britanniafirst12543 жыл бұрын
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.
@davidclarke83983 жыл бұрын
Nobody does it better
@pimpmysniper3 жыл бұрын
You guys should definitely react to the opening ceremony.. is amazing
@mickc73883 жыл бұрын
I think it would be a bit of lost on these two DOH
@stephengibson48233 жыл бұрын
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.
@PastPresented3 жыл бұрын
There were quite a few references to the achievements of immigrants (or offspring of immigrants, like Brunel) in the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony!
@drunkenmonkey12033 жыл бұрын
Not only can we do pomp and ceremony but also cheese! :)
@sdj41123 жыл бұрын
It is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for certain.
@idleyorkshireman39623 жыл бұрын
You two are just bloody brilliant...
@barbarae-b5072 жыл бұрын
The Queen and members of the members of the immediate Royal Family have great senses of humour and love to make jobs and have fun. Like when the king of Saudi Arabia went to visit the Queen and she invited him for a tour of the estate. The King got into the queen’s Land Rover expecting a chauffeur She took the driver’s seat and raced around the road on her land refusing to slow down, while he asked his interpreter to ask her to slow down and he careful. She didn’t. The whole time she told him that she didn’t have a license or passport. She doesn’t need either. She was making a point since at the time, women were not allowed to drive in his country.