Queen Elizabeth II holds her first major engagement at Buckingham Palace since the onset of the COVID pandemic.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II joined by Prince Edward look on, at the launch of the Queen's Baton Relay for Birmingham 2022 - the XXII Commonwealth Games, on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace in London, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021.
Cox, 30, took the baton on a brief journey around the nearby Queen Victoria Memorial in central London before handing it to another competitor. The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay, as it is formally known, will now embark on its 90,000-mile journey around the world. The queen, who has spent much of the pandemic at Windsor Castle, just west of London, wore a bright orange coat dress and matching hat at Thursday's event.
The baton will carry hi-tech gadgets, including a 360-degree camera and atmospheric sensors which use laser technology to analyze environmental conditions. It will also carry a message from the queen to be read out loud at the opening ceremony.
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