Daniel Craig found Queen Elizabeth to be “very funny” throughout filming for their London 2012 Olympics sketch. The British monarch – who died on Thursday (08.09.22), aged 96 – starred alongside the actor in a sketch that formed part of the opening ceremony for the Summer Games, in which Craig in character as James Bond collected Her Majesty from Buckingham Palace for the pair to ‘parachute’ into the Olympic Stadium using Union Jack parachutes. Daniel, 54, admitted he loved the Queen’s dry sense of humour which she displayed during the time they spent together. Asked to describe the Queen on ‘…