1 of 17 — The Olympic Rings are assembled in the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium. 5 of 17 — A general view of the opening ceremony. The 2012 Olympic Games will see 26 sports contested by 10,500 athletes ...

The Games kicked off with a Shakespeare reading, pastoral scenes and the queen. July 27, 2012 — -- London's Olympic Stadium became a vast meadow in an opening ceremony that at first evoked the ...

Oh sure those big fancy opening ceremonies at Beijing in 2008 were impressive -- they had double the budget of this year's performance -- but it seemed like the British had a reply four years later: ...

Queen Elizabeth II and James Bond gave the London Olympics opening ceremony a royal entrance on the 27th of July 2012, a day not to forget for the British citiz ...