It was a banner day for the Olympic torch. It visited the Queen at Windsor Castle, was carried by the man who broke the 4-minute mile and by Britain’s greatest Olympic rower and even got a passing glance at a streaker.
On a stormy Tuesday, Queen Elizabeth II held an unopened umbrella as Gina Macgregor, a sodden 74-year-old runner, carried the torch to the castle. Macgregor joked about being caught in downpour, telling the monarch she had “looked fine this morning” when she set off with the fire that was lit back in May in Greece to mark the London Olympics.
The day began with the torch being held aloft by 83-year-old Roger Bannister, who in 1954 became the first runner to smash the 4-minute mile.
