[VIDEO] How Many People Does It Take To Open A Baton At The Commonwealth Games?
It's an awkward situation.
By Darian Goh — 24 Jul 2014, 03:56 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
The 20th Commonwealth Games kicked off on 23 July 2014 to a grand opening ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland
The 20th Commonwealth Games kicked off with an opening ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland, on Thursday morning.
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The baton had been touring around the world and was finally delivered by the last baton holder, Sir Chris Foy
Prince Imran, a Malaysian who is also the Commonwealth Games president had to retrieve the Queen's message located inside the baton to hand it to Her Majesty
Commonwealth Games president Prince Imran, from Malaysia, was supposed to retrieve the Queen's message from a baton, and hand it over to Her Majesty to read to the crowd.
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Her Majesty was watching, and was getting impatient. And a little bit awkward for millions watching on television.
Thankfully, everything else went smoothly and Her Majesty got to read her letter to properly officiate the Games
