SNEAK PEEK: Tourists and onlookers strain to get a glimpse, through the gates of Buckingham Palace, as they wait for Queen Elizabeth II and President Pratibha Patil. The event was the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for Delhi 2010, outside the Palace in London on October 29. Photo: AP
PASSING IT ON: Queen Elizabeth II presents the baton to President Pratibha Patil to launch the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for Delhi 2010 outside Buckhingham Palace in London on October 29. Photo: AP
CURTAIN RAISER: A dancer performs during the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for Delhi 2010 outside Buckhingham Palace in London on October 29. Photo: AP
LUCKY CHARM: Shera, the mascot of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, is seen waving the Indian flag. Photo: AP
SPORTING COMPANY: Gurbachan Singh Randhawa and Sebastien Coe pose with the baton as Kapil Dev looks on. Photo: AP
SPRINT KING: India's 1958 Commonwealth 400m gold medal winner, the Flying Sikh, Milka Singh gestures during the launch. Photo: AP
OLYMPIC CHAMPION: India's first individual Olympic Gold medal winner Abhinav Bindra, commences the baton run. Photo: AP
PLETHORA OF STARS: Former decathlete and now Chairman of the Selection Committee of the Athletics Federation of India, Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, right, poses for photographs with the baton flanked by, from left to right, Milka Singh, national ladies squash champion Misha Soni, Olympian Abhinav Bindra, hockey player Dilip Tirkey, British Olympian Kelly Holmes, cricketer Monty Panesar and Olympian Lord Sebastian Coe. Photo: AP