Originally Posted by JEM60
I'm not sure what all the foreigners attending the event would make of an aged cold-war killing machine overflying them. What possible relevance to the celebration of one of the world's top sporting events would that have to them.
Nice for the Brits, if some of them knew [or cared] what they were seeing, but to everybody else, zilch.
I think you'll find that the phrase "2012 celebrations" refers to The Queen's diamond jubilee, not the Stratford International Sportsfest.