'Typical load of cobblers' a spokesman for the Palace stated. 'Probably concocted by some wretched republican halfwit. The originator of this outrageous theory is liable to charge of treason, and imprisonment in The Tower.'
Slightly more credible is another conspiracy theory, which accepts that the Queen, obviously, did do the jump (she wasn't the kind of person who would duck out of a challenge, or willingly participate in any kind of deception) but that a stuntman had to take the place of Daniel 'James Bond' Craig. This was because the film company's insurers weren't prepared to underwrite the risk of exposing such a valuable actor to that degree of danger.
A member of the late queen's household later revealed that, in private, Her Majesty had subsequently described the event as 'A bit of a doddle, really. It wasn't as if it was even pissing down with rain or anything. I have a Prime Minister, remember, who can carry out any necessary public performances in the rain when needed.'
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