Queen starts Games baton relay
The Queen has launched the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games baton relay around the globe. She included a hand-written a note hidden in the baton to be read for the first time at the opening ceremony.
Sprinter Allan Wells to start Commonwealth relay
Scottish athlete Allan Wells will start the Commonwealth relay after the queen hands him the ceremonial baton at Buckingham Palace later today, according to Games officials.
Mr Wells took home gold in 100 metres and silver in the 200 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
The baton will go on to visit every nation and territory of the Commonwealth, travelling through Asia, Oceania, Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean and Europe.
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