When HM Queen Elizabeth apparently leapt out of a helicopter and unfolding a Union Jack flag to mark the beginning of the London Olympics in 2012, she brought the watching world to their feet in ...

Fans will remember the moment that Queen Elizabeth II appeared to leap out of a helicopter to open the London Olympic Games in 2012. The royal, who died aged 96 in 2022, stunned the nation when she ...

LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth arrived at the opening ceremony of the Olympics in spectacular style on Friday, greeted by a huge roar from the crowd as she appeared in the ...

Queen Elizabeth showed off her sense of humour by pretending to jump out of a helicopter for the London Olympics Games' Opening Ceremony tonight (27.07.12). The 85-year-old monarch collaborated with ...

LONDON (AP) -- The queen and James Bond gave the London Olympics a royal entrance like no other Friday in an opening ceremony that rolled to the rock of the Beatles, the Stones and The Who. And the ...

The Games kicked off with a Shakespeare reading, pastoral scenes and the queen. July 27, 2012 — -- London's Olympic Stadium became a vast meadow in an opening ceremony that at first evoked the ...