On July 20th the Flame arrived at the Tower of London to be received on behalf of London, by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, General Lord Dannatt, the Constable of the Tower, Lord Coe, Chairman of LOCOG and Hugh Robertson MP, Minister for Sport.
The flame arrived by helicopter and was delivered by Royal Marine Martyn Williams who abseiled from the helicopter and handed it to Dame Kelly Holmes. It was finally given to Mayor Johnson by local resident Abul Kasam and it was taken into the Jewel Tower to be secured overnight. Cllr Golds was part of the Tower Hamlets civic party at the arrival.