via Mail Online
At last! Britain is on its marks, set, and ready to go.
With the nation's feel-good barometer soaring, hundreds of thousands lined the streets of London in brilliant sunshine yesterday to give a spectacular welcome to the Olympic torch ahead of tonight's opening ceremony, which will be watched by a global television audience of four billion.
After seven years of planning and a 69-day trek covering 8,000 miles, the flame that was ignited ten weeks ago in Olympia completed the final leg of its journey in a blaze of glory.
Jubilation: Florence Rowe, 81, who saw the Olympics in London
in 1948, is cheered by the Camerons as she carries the flame in
Downing Street yesterday
Lights fantastic: A dazzling firework show illuminates the Olympic
stadium and Anish Kapoor's sculpture Orbit , during rehearsals in
Stratford, East London
Next stop: the Olympic stadium in Stratford, where it will ignite the cauldron during tonight's eagerly-anticipated opening ceremony.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will be there, among international royalty and 120 world leaders. First Lady Michelle Obama will head the US delegation with her children.
The celebrity A-list will include Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Olympic gold medal winner and boxing legend Muhammad Ali, James Bond star Daniel Craig and Sir Paul McCartney.
Open flame: The Olympic Torch is carried on top of an open top
bus down Oxford Street as it nears the end of its 70 day journey
Thousands of spectators cheer on the Torch Relay along Regent
Street in central London just a day before the opening ceremony
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