Escorted by James Bond, played by actor Daniel Craig, in a helicopter gliding over a cheering London, the 86-year-old queen was shown apparently leaping out with a Union Jack parachute for an Olympic arrival to trump all others.

Yesterday, during a tour of the Olympic Park, she told London Mayor Boris Johnson: “It all seemed to go very well last night. But I didn’t see my bit.” Boris said: “You were brilliant Ma’am.”