Queen and Duke to open Olympics

The London Olympics will be opened by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said today.

Queen and Duke to open Olympics
Wed, 29 Feb, 2012 - 11:48

The London Olympics will be opened by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said today.

The royal couple will open the Games at the 80,000-seater Olympic Stadium on July 27 with more than a billion people set to watch on TV around the world.

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