The Olympic torch at Buckingham Palace
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Story: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry welcome Olympic Torch to Buckingham Palace as its nears the end of its journey.
Organizers have used some of the country's most famous landmarks as a backdrop to the torch relay.
It has scaled some of the nation's highest peaks, been carried by royalty on horseback and abseiled into the grounds of the Tower of London in the hands of a Royal Marine Commando.
The torch later visited the Globe, the theatrical base for Britain's most famous playwright William Shakespeare.
The flame has been carried by about 8,000 people since it began its journey on May 19 at Land's End, the most southwesterly point of mainland England.
Torchbearers have included celebrities, athletes and people chosen for their good works.
The flame will officially launch the Games when it lights the Olympic cauldron on Friday (July 27) evening.
Story: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry welcome Olympic Torch to Buckingham Palace as its nears the end of its journey.
Organizers have used some of the country's most famous landmarks as a backdrop to the torch relay.
It has scaled some of the nation's highest peaks, been carried by royalty on horseback and abseiled into the grounds of the Tower of London in the hands of a Royal Marine Commando.
The torch later visited the Globe, the theatrical base for Britain's most famous playwright William Shakespeare.
The flame has been carried by about 8,000 people since it began its journey on May 19 at Land's End, the most southwesterly point of mainland England.
Torchbearers have included celebrities, athletes and people chosen for their good works.
The flame will officially launch the Games when it lights the Olympic cauldron on Friday (July 27) evening.