Here's an ambitious April Fool's joke. The web sites for the London tabloids the Daily Express and The Sun report that Her Majesty The Queen will be teaming with Daniel Craig for a special James Bond promotional stunt for the opening of the London summer Olympics. According to the Sun, Her Majesty has granted access to Buckingham Palace to film a mini-movie that will air on opening night of the games, which will be followed by Daniel Craig parachuting into the Olympics opening ceremony. The Sun reports that Oscar winning director Danny Boyle will oversee directing the events. Before everyone gets excited, we do caution readers to remember this story has appeared on April Fool's Day. The Daily Express reports that Craig actually did film scenes at the palace in February, but they were for the new Bond film Skyfall and featured a look-a-like of Her Majesty. This is a story that contrasts substantially with the Sun's account. If all this is still being reported as fact tomorrow, maybe we'll be convinced there might be a tiny grain of truth to the notion that perhaps something was filmed inside the Palace, but for now it appears to be an elaborate April Fool's joke, as there is NO WAY Daniel Craig is parachuting into the Olympics! For the Daily Express report, click here. For The Sun's report click here
UPDATE: Well. it's April 2 and the mainstream British press are still reporting this story as though it is true. Until Craig confirms it, we don't believe it. If this does turn out to be an April Fool's joke, there will be a lot of discredited newspapers. Let's see what develops...