The name's Majesty, Her Majesty: Queen 'drops in' to Olympic Stadium..

UK Daily Mail ^ | Julu 28, 2012 | Katherine Faulkner and Louise Eccles

[oh8eleven]

You're right - it was 120 Brit POWs who died in the Black Hole.
I was thinking of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre where over 1300 unarmed men, women and children were slaughtered by the military.
Another bright spot in limey history. Feckin' elitist, arrogant pricks.

[the scotsman]

I bet you our Irish-American friend turns out to be an Ulster Scot by ancestry.

[Talisker]

I am sure it's not dementia. I suspect she was (rightly) appalled at the disrespect she was receiving at the hands of the director. I suspect she felt she had to do the thing, but didn't have to look like she enjoyed it. I am sure she would have liked to announce the Opening of the Games, but not after the ridiculous stunt she was supposed to have done.

Nonsense - that was probably THE most rehearsed part of the entire show! You think they're going to have the Queen come down out of the sky showing her bloomers to the whole world without EXTREME thought, planning and filmed practice enactments to go over so they know EXACTLY what it will look like? And you think the Queen would in ANY way feel compelled to submit to that if she didn't want to? Hah! In Britain? NO WAY! That's why the Brits are so enamored with her over the whole thing, because she blew their propriety corks right out of the tops of their stiff upper lips!

BUT - she WAS majorly pissed off about something, and they didn't count on that. Maybe she heard some last minute news about something and couldn't recover in time for the ceremony. William and Harry were also stone faces, so they knew about it too.

Probably secret stuff.

TOP secret.