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28 March 2024

Olympics: Beckham lights the torch in Britain

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By AFP

The Olympic flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Friday to start a 70-day relay which will culminate in the opening ceremony of the London Games.

Princess Anne, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by football star David Beckham, carried the flame down the steps of a special British Airways jet at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall, southwest England.

Beckham had the honour of lighting the torch that will be used for the 8,000-mile (12,875-kilometre) relay, from a cauldron at the airbase, as hundreds of spectators cheered.