Boyle: Queen volunteered for Olympics Bond spoof
Queen Elizabeth II needed no convincing to appear in a James Bond-themed skit during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics — in fact, she volunteered, according to the show’s director.
Queen Elizabeth II needed no convincing to appear in a James Bond-themed skit during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics — in fact, she volunteered, according to the show’s director.
A nurse found dead days after she took a crank call about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was originally from India, British police said Saturday, as details began to trickle out about the woman whose death has sparked anger at the Australian radio DJs behind the hoax.
In a country where a hundred years can seem like the tick-tock of a quickening clock, the four-day celebrations to mark Elizabeth II’s 60 years of uninterrupted sovereignty and service to the people of Britain and the Commonwealth of Nations were an excuse to put aside—if briefly—our woes and cares, to dress them up with miles of bunting and silly hats.
The patriotic bunting is ready, the golden carriage on standby, the boats freshly painted, the shops filled with royals souvenirs. Britain will mark the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II with four days of celebrations beginning on Saturday that include a 1,000-boat river pageant and a star-studded concert.
Prince William and his wife Catherine will sail with Queen Elizabeth II on her royal barge as it leads a huge flotilla down London’s River Thames for her diamond jubilee, officials said Thursday.
