Platinum Jubilee: The Queen's funniest and most iconic moments to mark her 70-year reign
Look back on Her Majesty's most iconic and funniest moments to mark the Platinum Jubilee.
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Look back on Her Majesty's most iconic and funniest moments to mark the Platinum Jubilee.
Plane Swap on April 24 Features Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington in the First-Ever Dual Skydive Into Separate Planes
The Diamond Jubilee fell on 2012, the year of the London Olympics, which the Queen took full advantage of with a James Bond-themed entrance, 'skydiving' into the opening ceremony.
Functions properly, it's a good day. but for this guy, jumping without deploying a parachute is the whole point. >> one mistake when you are close to the ground. >> it's one of the most daring stunts you'll ever see and it's caught on camera. may 25th, 2012, henley entames, england. gary connery is preparing to jump out of a helicopter at 2400 feet without using a parachute. a film and tv stuntman and avid b.a.s.e. jumper, connery is no stranger to high-flying feats. >> i have jumped from the eiffel tower, rid an bmx bike, the london eye, inside the millennium dome.
Then he emerges without a scratch. connery sets the world recorder for the highest sky dive without a parachute. videos from local news and spectators hit the internet within minutes and go viral. >> my life is changed dramatically. i'm certainly being asked to do things that in the past i wouldn't have been asked to do. >> things like parachuting dressed as the queen of england in to the opening ceremony of the london games. >> i think everybody likes to test themselves every so often. i'm no different, it's just that my testing maybe goes a little bit higher. >> coming up -- >> oh holy --! >...