Bored Queen quickly becomes Internet sensation

They said these would be the 'most connected' Olympics yet, and so far that has proven true. <span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Unfortunately for Queen Elizabeth that means becoming the butt of a joke mere seconds after being caught looking disconnected on live TV.
As Team GB entered Olympic Stadium to thunderous applause during the opening ceremonies, the <span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">camera cut to Her Majesty ... who was doing her nails.
Cue Internet citizens and meme generators and you get gems like the one above, and these ...


<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">For British citizens used to seeing her stoic face, perhaps these shots were all too familiar. For a few billion others watching it, they wondered if maybe she wasn't nursing an injury from arriving at the ceremony like this:

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