Doubling for the Queen in the breathtaking skydive into the Olympics opening ceremony was an "unsurpassable" experience, a stuntman said today.
Gary Connery performed the parachute jump from a helicopter above the stadium playing the Queen, alongside fellow skydiver Mark Sutton as James Bond.
Connery, who has completed more than 880 skydives and 450 base jumps, said the experience would stay in his memory forever.
"I think this one is probably unsurpassable," he told Sky News. "It will hang in my memory until I become senile and can't remember it any more.
Connery makes a grand entrace, parachuting into the Games dressed as the Queen
"What an occasion, what a thing to be involved in, absolutely stunning."
After last night's jump Connery, from Henley-on-Thames, tweeted: "What an amazing experience at the opening ceremony. Love the dress, will see if I can keep it."
He added this morning: "Thanks everyone for so many congrats this morning the whole ceremony was amazing and I was honoured to be asked !!! Cheers Gary."
The actual Queen before the opening ceremony
He told Sky News he had been working on the project for several months, with an "amazing team on an amazing show".
He said he "thoroughly enjoyed getting dressed up as Queenie".
Earlier this year Connery broke records by jumping 2,400ft from a helicopter and landing safely without deploying a parachute, coming to rest on a pile of 18,600 cardboard boxes.
He has worked on films including Indiana Jones and Johnny English Reborn.