In the news|July 28, 2012 11:29 EDT
Olympics 2012 Opening Features All Things British
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, the country's most famous spy "James Bond," music from Pink Floyd and the Beatles and "Mr. Bean" were all part of Friday night's opening ceremony of the London Olympics masterminded by filmmaker Danny Boyle, and attended by Mitt Romney.
Daniel Craig, or James Bond, was seen parachuting into the Olympic stadium with the 86-year-old Queen in a short film made by the Oscar-winning director as part of the $42 million show, involving 10,000 adult volunteers and 900 children.
"Good evening, Mr. Bond," the film shows the real queen, clad in a gown, as saying when she meets Bond, who is wearing a black tuxedo and reaches Buckingham Palace in a black London cab. A helicopter then flies the two over the capital city to the stadium, and both jump out.
Their leap into the night sky in the film was synchronized with the real time skydivers over the stadium filled with about 72,000 people. The queen showed up at the stadium with her husband Prince Philip just then.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Romney, who ran the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has attended all the games since then, also attended the opening ceremony in London.
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