The IOC party arrive at Downing Street on the latest leg of the assessment of London's credentials to host the 2012 Games

Mayor Ken Livingstone arrives at the function hosted by Tony Blair to add his support to London's 2012 Olympic bid

IOC chairwoman Nawal El Moutawakel makes the most of her chance to put her points across to Prime Minister Blair

Conservative Party leader Michael Howard listens to the views of IOC staff member Jacqueline Barrett

The IOC team head off to several presentations as their whistle stop tour of London's facilities nears its end

Later Livingstone is at the unveiling of the London 2012 Bid Experience in Trafalgar Square

Livingstone and Sir Steve Redgrave stand beneath a statue of a British athlete outside the Bid Experience

Triple jump gold medallist Jonathan Edwards poses infront of a newly-named locomotive in honour of the 2012 bid

Final preparations are made at Buckingham Palace ahead of a lavish reception for the delegates held by the Queen

As night falls the London bid logo is superimposed on one of the city's most famous landmarks, Big Ben

South African IOC member Sam Ramsammy meets Queen Elizabeth as the delegates arrive for the reception

The Queen welcomes Nawal El Moutawakel in the opulent surroundings of Buckingham Palace