Jeremy Hunt's Olympic wisecrack earns him royal snub from the Queen "Well they do move you people on a lot," the Duke said before turning smartly on his heel. Afterwards Mr Hunt explained that he had read the anecdote about the tourist in a newspaper. He said: "The jubilee was the start of a totally magnificent summer that brought us closer together as a nation. As David Cameron said, it reminded us just how lucky we are to have the Queen at the centre of our national life. More than 350 people who helped organise the celebrations to mark the Queen's 60 remarkable years on the throne were invited to the palace for champagne and nibbles - as well as a personal thank you from the monarch herself. Among them were those who helped organise the Queen's regional tours throughout the UK - she visited 10 different regions over 25 days, undertaking 83 public engagements - as well as the tours overseas by other members of her family including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's recent trip to Singapore, Malaysia and the South Pacific. Also present were key figures behind the most high profile commemoration of the Queen's 60-year reign including the Thames pageant, the palace pop concert and picnic and the Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's. Also present in the opulent White Drawing Room was Gary Barlow, the Take That and X Factor star, who when asked by the Queen if he "had recovered" from the stress of organising the Buckingham Palace concert replied: "Yes, but have you recovered Ma'am?" "I think so, yes," the Queen replied. He said afterwards: "It's probably a night I'll never forget actually and stood on that stage while everybody sang the national anthem I couldn't believe I was there. I was looking round thinking 'are we really here?' It was totally incredible. And luckily everything went to plan and I can tell you that although everything was amazing at the front of the stage, backstage in the artists village the biggest artists in the world were back there and they were all so proud to have been a part of it. Speaking about involvement by members of the royal family: "I think the whole country wanted this event to be amazing and so did the whole household. Everyone wanted to make it a special night for the Queen. I think it opened up an amazing summer for our country. I thought the event deserved such notice from everybody and I think everybody was so proud that the Queen had made it to this point and the amazing job she's done for so long for us all. We were all proud to be a part of it. When asked about the Duke being taken ill with a bladder infection hours before the concert was due to start he admitted he feared the even would be cancelled. "I must say at 5pm we were all scared to death thinking it was all going to be cancelled," he said. But of course the Queen showed up, like she always does and represented the event by herself and at that point we knew right all systems go, let's get the show on the road. It did scare us for a second though I must say. Heston Blumenthal, the celebrity chef who created the picnics that were given to concert goers, added: "As I saw people queuing round the palace carrying their baskets I must admit I had a lump in my throat. I just made me so absurdly proud to be British to be part of it all. Accompanying the Queen last night were the Duke of York and his daughters Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent.