👑Bond and the Queen🕴🏻🤣

[@mogznwaz]

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]

Hear, hear! Thank you for that 💕🇬🇧!!

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

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

[@markywellsboy2182]

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]

it was Satanic!

[@cockertoo8920]

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]

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]

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.

[@LondonLocal]

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 😃

[@plong6246]

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]

They really missed the boat with that one.

[@tommoncrieff1154]

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

[@PastPresented]

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]

@@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]

🤣😂

[@johnpbh]

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]

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

[@discomikeyboy2012]

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]

@Billy Bunter Well said, Sir. Well said!

[@alisonrandall3039]

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]

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

[@marycarver1542]

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]

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.

[@benenty692]

The queen proving she can have a laugh

[@hazelanderson1479]

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

[@gdfggggg]

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

[@scabthecat]

Thinks of England

[@ListerDavid]

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

[@2opler]

And she can fix your truck.

[@richardgriffin5466]

Where is your KZbin channel now not seen nothing for one year

[@DavidGigg]

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

[@grahamlong6870]

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.

[@susanleitch8649]

Thank you. God save the Queen indeed.

[@likeitout]

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

[@susanleitch8649]

@Maffew UK During the war I believe.

[@hazelanderson1479]

@Pete Singletons The Queen was born in 1926!

[@cazbyanyothername8994]

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

[@cazbyanyothername8994]

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

[@davidcollins9335]

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

[@sticklebacksummer]

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

[@mollykeane2571]

Link please!

[@russellpointer4731]

@@mollykeane2571 kzbin.info/www/bejne/paiylIpsos-fbLs

[@vallee3140]

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]

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]

@Griffin Enoch Instablaster :)

[@a.kramer1615]

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

[@hazelanderson1479]

YES! YES!! YES!!!

[@jamescockings6852]

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 :-)

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

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

[@neilmorrison7356]

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]

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...

[@marionpetford7374]

Brilliant thank you for showing this 👍

[@allanchurm]

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]

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

[@clivestevenson8589]

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.

[@ajs41]

Was this really 8 years ago? Feels like yesterday.

[@thefacultyoffunk]

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

[@MrJonno85]

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

[@Loudon70]

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

[@MrJonno85]

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

[@rowdyyates4273]

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

[@colinharbinson8284]

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.

[@vvvvvv2086]

I never tire of seeing this.

[@BillCameronWC]

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.

[@johnm3541]

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

[@davidbarlow431]

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

[@aucourant9998]

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]

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]

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

[@itsonlyme9938]

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.

[@samaitken5819]

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

[@DH-sm7sw]

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]

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

[@greigclement9081]

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

[@hazelanderson1479]

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

[@chips1889]

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

[@davidyoung5114]

'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!

[@markp9254]

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

[@irene-jb7jc]

Thank you 💕 Mr Bond 😂❤

[@mervinmannas7671]

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-H]

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

[@hayzeebloke]

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

[@cooldude4643]

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

[@johnmh1000]

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]

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]

@@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 👑🇬🇧!

[@dannyblackwell2426]

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

[@arwelp]

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.

[@bobbyboko6317]

Makes you proud

[@lindamerrett6600]

Love you two,❤️

[@nick7076]

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

[@danielbyrne5402]

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

[@eyeofthetiger6002]

That would be Mitt, right? 🤣

[@robertlangley1664]

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]

Which one?

[@robertlangley1664]

All of them since Ron ??

[@danielw5850]

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

[@alabama1413]

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

[@omegasue]

It's okay, I've left a link .... 😉

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

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

[@sarahhardy8649]

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!!!!”

[@michaeldouglas9394]

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]

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.

[@truthseeker3618]

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

[@andrewdoubtfire4700]

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

[@Hom3rTNT]

Yes

[@PastPresented]

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".

[@weedle30]

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! 😄😄👍🏻😎

[@JanTheNan]

Queenie, BOND Girl LOL.

[@michaels640]

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...

[@michaels640]

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

[@PastPresented]

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)

[@michaels640]

@@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...

[@smush1414]

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

[@johnwinton2209]

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

[@happinesscounts]

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

[@robertburr2212]

I loved this guys, watch more of the opening ceremony

[@empressofromulas]

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

[@TCMECH79]

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

[@tracytabb2882]

Love our wee queen ❤️❤️👍👍👍

[@penname5766]

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.

[@Captally]

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]

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

[@peterwimsey1]

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

[@paulwalker2401]

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

[@04williamsl]

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!

[@terenceretter5049]

ah, but you did your duty! Well done.

[@wendygraham6863]

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

[@thesocialreject4071]

I remember watching this live

[@carolross6583]

Eight years ago. Time flies.

[@Kimberley42]

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

[@riotagus]

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

[@myoldmate]

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.

[@thomascassidy8347]

Superbly made and love love Bond and the Queen xx

[@ashleyp.4932]

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.

[@dekjn]

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

[@geecee310]

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]

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!

[@patriciacarline6975]

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!

[@chrisnewsmith9326]

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

[@johnmh1000]

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.

[@MrDragpics]

And the Queen did her own stunts.

[@suezang5254]

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

[@MarkMcLT]

Miss you guys.

[@madgeordie4469]

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

[@britanniafirst1254]

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.

[@davidclarke8398]

Nobody does it better

[@pimpmysniper]

You guys should definitely react to the opening ceremony.. is amazing

[@mickc7388]

I think it would be a bit of lost on these two DOH

[@stephengibson4823]

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]

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

[@drunkenmonkey1203]

Not only can we do pomp and ceremony but also cheese! :)

[@sdj4112]

It is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for certain.

[@idleyorkshireman3962]

You two are just bloody brilliant...

[@barbarae-b507]

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.