A stuntman who parachuted from a helicopter at the London 2012 Opening Ceremony dressed as the Queen has been jailed for 18 months after he was found guilty of pushing his girlfriend down the stairs.

Bond is back; not that I shall be dashing out to my local cinema to catch No Time To Die any time soon.

Eight years ago today – it seems like a lifetime – the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics took place. 

"I've never heard of going to a training ground on your hands and knees with pliers trying to break into private land to watch." 

British fencer Steven Paul competed at three Olympic Games - Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Barcelona 1992 - without winning a medal. He found more success after he retired when he trained Pierce Brosnan for his fencing scenes in the James Bond film Die Another Day and served as the actor's double for the more technical shots in the movie released in 2002. The film earned $432 million worldwide, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of the year. 

One of the highlights of the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London was the sketch featuring the Queen and James Bond. In the full clip, Bond - played by British actor Daniel Craig - is greeted by Her Royal Highness and her corgis at Buckingham Palace. Secret agent 007 whisks the Queen off into a helicopter flying over the capital to East London before the daredevils parachute out of the helicopter into the Olympic Stadium. Mark Sutton, the stuntman who parachuted into the Stadium dressed as Bond, died the following year in a wingsuit flying accident in Switzerland. He had been travelling at around 125 miles per hour when he hit a ridge.