Torch travels to Buckingham Palace
The Olympic Flame will be cheered through the grounds of Buckingham Palace by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today as it takes in some of the capital's most famous landmarks on the eve of the Games.
A host of celebrities will parade the torch past celebrated London locations including St Paul's Cathedral, Trafalgar Square, Downing Street and the West End a day before its 70-day, 8,000-mile journey comes to a close.
Scout volunteer Jon Sayer will have the honour of carrying the flame to the gates of the Queen's official London home this evening where he will meet the Duchess.
The 33-year-old, described as an inspirational helper who last year saved the life of a man who had jumped into a river swollen with rainwater, was chosen to take part in the relay after the Duchess asked for a fellow Scout to participate in this prestigious leg of the event.
Mr Sayer, from Todmorden in West Yorkshire, is one of three volunteers helping to carry the flame through the palace the day before the Queen officially opens the Games.
Prince William nominated his charity Mountain Rescue to take part and John Hulse was given the honour, and Wai-Ming Lee from MapAction was picked after Prince Harry, the organisation's royal patron, put it forward.
The three royals are ambassadors for Team GB and ParalympicsGB and will be joined at the leg by 40 athletes from the Team GB Ambition Programme - which aims to encourage future sports stars
Elsewhere in the capital, sightseers and Olympics fans will have the opportunity to see the torch as it is carried 32.7 miles through the London boroughs of Camden, Islington, City of London, Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.
Celebrities including rugby heroes Lawrence Dallaglio and Lewis Moody and the actress Joanna Lumley will also carry the flame as well as surprise guests.
The torch's journey will begin at 6.48am with Clive Woodward, Team GB's deputy chef de mission and manager of the England 2003 World Cup Rugby winners, beginning the relay from the Roundhouse in Camden.
