The Queen has kick-started the countdown to the Jubilee year Commonwealth Games by setting off the longest relay in history.
She handed the Manchester Games special baton to former athlete Sir Roger Bannister outside Buckingham Palace, surrounded by fireworks, balloons and music.
Roger Bannister was the first man ever to run a mile in less than four minutes.
Different people will take the baton on an incredible 58,000-mile relay around the world, passing through 23 Commonwealth countries.
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