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The Queen declared the competition officially open, immediately followed by a trumpet fanfare based on a theme from Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield and then a fireworks display. [55] The 2012 ceremony was the second time the Queen had opened an Olympic Games, the first being the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in her capacity as Queen of Canada ...
The moment premiered at the London Olympic opening ceremony on 27 July 2012. In the wake of the Queen’s death last year, Craig recalled a “very funny” joke that she had made at his expense ...
The IOC factsheet on the opening ceremony states: "According to the Olympic Charter protocol, the duty of declaring the Games officially open falls to the head of state of the host country. Those who have performed this task are royalty and presidents, or their representatives, whether it was a vice-president, a member of the royal family, or a ...
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July 2024 across Paris, beginning at 19:30 CEST (17:30 UTC).As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings included an artistic program showcasing the culture of the host country and city, the parade of athletes and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.
On the morning before the opening ceremony, Queen Mary attended the torch relay in the village. In a white dress and red blazer, the Danish Queen leaned into the patriotism of the Olympics by ...
And that is why Bardin, who performs as the drag queen Paloma, felt it was meaningful and important to be part of a Paris Olympics opening ceremony that presented a multifaceted, multiethnic ...
In 1976, Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada, opened the Montreal Olympics (first in French then in English) with: "I declare open the Olympic Games of 1976, celebrating the XXI Olympiad of the modern era." In 1980, Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev opened the Moscow Summer Olympics by speaking in Russian: "Mr President of International Olympic Committee!
A light show takes place at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place du Trocadero on July 26, 2024. Hector Vivas/Getty Images.