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Britain's Queen Elizabeth would never have participated in the 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony if her mother had been alive, says former royal press secretary Dickie Arbiter.
The 88-year-old monarch took part in a hilarious sketch in which 'James Bond' actor Daniel Craig escorted her to London's Olympic Park in a helicopter before a stunt double pretending to be her parachuted out of the aircraft, but her former chief of press claims she never would have gone ahead with it if her mother had still been alive.
He explained to the Daily Express newspaper: "You've got the Queen taking on the mantle left by her mother when she died in 2002. She's pretty much Britain's favourite granny now. She's softer, more approachable."
Arbiter added: "I don't believe for a moment that James Bond sequence at the Olympics would have happened if her mother had been alive. Compared with 2002 she's a lot more colourful in her dress. The clothes are colourful, more stylish. She's more relaxed."
The television and radio commentator - who left his role as the royal family's press secretary in the year 2000 - thinks the Queen Mother had very specific ideas of what sort of monarch her daughter should be, constraining her daughter for much of her reign.

Britain's Prince Charles' marriage to the late Princess Diana was "idiotic", according to a new book.
The former German chancellor Helmut Kohl - who led the country from 1982 to 1998 - is said to have spoken out about the marriage between the Prince of Wales and Princess Diana to journalist Heribert Schwan.
According to the Daily Mail newspaper, Schwan reports Kohl as saying: "Her [Diana's] marriage was an idiotic affair.
"Had she become queen immediately she would have done her bit in bed, created three princes and her duty to the nation would have been fulfilled. But like this she had to travel around, talk to mayors and so on and then she withered away."
Schwan was tasked with writing the former chancellor's memoirs and had already conducted more than 600 hours of taped interviews with him between 2001 and 2002 when the pair fell out.
Earlier this year a court told Schwan that he had to return the tapes, but he managed to delay handing them over until he'd finished making full transcripts of the conversations and went on to publish the book, 'Legacy: The Kohl Transcripts' without permission.
Princess Diana - who was divorced from Prince Charles in 1996 - died in a car crash in Paris, France in 1997.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has given Sarah Ferguson permission to host her 50th birthday party at Windsor Castle.
The 88-year-old monarch is allowing her son Prince Andrew's former wife - with whom he still lives at Royal Lodge - to hold the £50,000 shindig in Windsor's State Apartments in Berkshire on Wednesday night, with approximately 300 guests expected to attend.
A source from the castle told the Daily Express newspaper: "It's going to be a hell of a night.
"The Duchess of York is over the moon that the Queen allowed her to hold the party at the castle, and she hopes many of her friends can make it.
"We are expecting lots of big names. Everyone wants to see if Prince Harry and Cressida [Bonas] turn up as a couple. The Duchess' charities also want to pay tribute to her many years of work and lots of them will be here as well."
As well as Prince Andrew and their daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, Duchess Catherine's sister Pippa Middleton is expected to attend along with Princess Anne's children Peter and Zara Phillips and their spouses.
In addition to Royal guests, celebrities including Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish, Robbie Williams and wife Ayda Field, supermodels Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss, 'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes and comedian Stephen Fry have been sent invites.

Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set to meet the President of Singapore and his wife on behalf of the Queen.
The scheduled meeting, which is due to take place on October 21, could mark Duchess Catherine's return to royal duties after suffering with severe morning sickness over the last few weeks.
According to HELLO! Online, the 32-year-old mum-of-one is "very hopeful" that she will be able to attend the planned events, however the situation will be monitored closely and there's still the chance she may be forced to withdraw from the meeting on health grounds.
Assuming that is not the case, though, Duchess Catherine and her husband Prince William, also 32, will take part in a ceremonial welcome for Singapore's President Tony Tan and his wife Mary at the Royal Garden Hotel.
The location is convenient as it is a short distance from their home at Kensington Palace.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have met Singapore's leader before in 2012, when they started their Diamond Jubilee tour of Southeast Asia by attending a state dinner at The Istana, Mr Tan's official residence.

Alan Titchmarsh believes Britain's Royal Family is the subject of too much criticism.
The TV presenter is a big advocate of the royals and has defended them in the face of criticism, saying the likes of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles are treated unfairly.
Speaking at Cheltenham Literature Festival, the 65-year-old told the Radio Times: "I do think the Royal Family take more flak than they deserve.
"What they do is entirely for the good of the country. They've got no need to socially climb, they're not in it for the money. So, what are they doing it for?"
The former 'Ground Force' host questioned what right the public has to be critical of a family based purely on their birthright.
He said: "They're born into it, they have no choice but to be born into and they take an awful lot of criticism.
"To criticise somebody for being born in a council house, we would be quite rightly vilified and ridiculed for doing that. In the same way, if you're born into the monarchy, which is an established institution, if you make the best possible fist of it that you can - which I certainly think the Queen and the Prince of Wales do - then you're doing your best."

Britain's Prince Edward delighted children at King Edward VI College in Nuneaton when he visited earlier this week.
The Earl of Wessex was the special guest at the official opening of a brand new creative arts building at the college, which now boasts a cutting-edge suite that features a range of different classrooms, including a photography studio and a media suite.
The visit of the Prince thrilled the children, including student Sarah Garrett, who told the Nuneaton News: "I spoke primarily about my stop motion project and how it works along with the technology to make a mini movie with images.
"It was a great experience, we were all really excited about meeting him."
Elsewhere, photography teacher at the college Jaskirt Bora said: "It was a fantastic pleasure to have the His Royal Highness in our college and especially visiting the photography students.
"They thoroughly enjoyed the experience and I'm really thankful that he talked to so many of them about their work, which is such a rare opportunity."
She added: "This was a really special moment for them and I'm delighted that The Earl of Wessex took so much interest in photography and the students work."

Britain's Duchess Catherine has been made an Honorary Life Member of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
The Duchess - who was known as Kate Middleton prior to her marriage to Prince William - has been elected, along with her husband, to the world famous sporting institution, of which Queen Elizabeth is the patron.
MCC president David Morgan said: "We are delighted that Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have accepted our invitation to become honorary life members of MCC.
"This great club has enjoyed an excellent relationship with the Royal Family over the years and long may it continue."
Honorary life membership to the MCC is awarded by the club committee and there are currently more than 300 honorary members, who form a fraction of the 18,000-strong group.
The club only started to accept female members in 1999, in a high-profile move that ended 212 years of male dominance at the world-famous institution based in London.
Other royal members of the club include Prince Philip and Prince Charles.
Prince William and Duchess Catherine, both of whom are 32, indulged in a game of cricket on their royal tour of New Zealand earlier this year.

Mark Rutte, the prime minister of the Netherlands, has told MPs to draw up plans to tax King Willem-Alexander and his family.
The move comes on the back of a public outcry over revelations that members of the family have spent extortionate sums having their properties redeveloped.
The renovation work for the former Queen Beatrix in The Hague, allied to the king spending £362,000 on a temporary office in the grounds of his personal home, prompted a strong response from the public and some MPs.
Madeleine Toorenburg, a Christian Democrat MP, is among those to have accused the government of trying to hide where taxpayer money is going, saying: "It is annoying that the government is not clear where the money is being spent."
The sense of anger is compounded by the royals spending £28 million on the restoration of the Huis ten Bosch palace.
Mr Rutte has tried to defend the spending habits of the monarchs, explaining: "I understand that it is a lot of money but its is a normal price for renovating a 17th century palace."
However, he has reluctantly wilted in the face of public pressure, announcing plans to impose a tax on the royal family.

Richard Ward, the hair stylist of Britain's Duchess Catherine, didn't realise who she was for years.
Ward, who styled the 32-year-old's hair on the day of her marriage to Prince William in 2011, admits it took him a long time to realise she was even famous.
He explained to Stuff.co.nz: "I remember looking over my shoulder and one of our junior stylists had been cutting her hair...I said, 'Is that Prince William's girlfriend, Kate Middleton?' I certainly made sure I knew her after that."
Ward explained that he did lots of preparation work before he styled Duchess Catherine's hair for her wedding.
Ward said he practiced up to 15 times on his red-haired personal assistant Sam.
He remarked: "It was top secret what I was doing, and I'd just practice and practice... I was actually practicing with a €12 tiara that you'd buy on the high street anywhere.
"You can't faff around on the morning of the royal wedding, the timings are to the last second."
Ward, whose salon is based in west London, lists the likes of Liz Hurley, Kim Cattrall and Pippa Middleton among his other clients.