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71 year old cyclist Daphne Edwards from Box holding the 2012 Olympic Games Golden Torch as the procession passes through the town centre of Stroud in glorious sunshine.
When the route for the Olympic Torch was announced, Stroud and Painswick were the closest to home. I was not working that day and Kate was in the middle of her Art Foundation course at Stroud College and so the location to see the torch was pretty obvious. I picked Kate up from college at 2:30pm, giving us plenty of time to have a good look around and pick our preferred spot for a photo. During the next two hours the crowds began to grow and by the time the torch arrived at 16:45pm it was heaving with plenty of jostling for position going on.
The Flamme de la Liberté (Flame of Liberty) is a gilded, full-scale replica of the Statue of Liberty’s flame, standing approximately 3.5 meters tall on a marble pedestal in Place d l'Alma near the northern end of Pont de l’Alma. Presented in 1989 by the International Herald Tribune to commemorate its centennial, the sculpture was a token of gratitude for French contributions to the 1986 restoration of the Statue of Liberty. Although originally intended for Place des États-Unis, it was ultimately installed at Place de l’Alma and dedicated by then-Mayor Jacques Chirac.
Since the tragic death of Princess Diana in 1997 in the tunnel beneath the Pont de l’Alma, the Flame of Liberty has become an unofficial memorial site, with visitors leaving tributes around the monument. In 2019, the city of Paris formally acknowledged this role by naming the plaza Place Diana.