Abhinav Bindra

India's first individual Olympic Gold medallist and world champion air rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra (R) starts the baton run watched by Chairman of Organising Committee, Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi, Suresh Kalmadi (C) and India's President Pratibha Patil (L) during the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for Delhi 2010, at Buckingham Palace.

Queen Elizabeth hands the ceremonial relay baton to President Patil

Britain's Queen Elizabeth hands the ceremonial relay baton to President Patil during the launch of the XIX Commonwealth games at Buckingham Palace. (Reuters)

Athletes stand in the grounds of the Buckingham Palace

Athletes stand in the grounds of the Buckingham Palace during the launch of the 2010 Commonwealth Games baton relay in London. (Reuters)

A dancer waits for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II

A dancer waits for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to arrive before the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for Delhi 2010, at Buckingham Palace, in London. (AFP)

XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay

India's former decathlete and now Chairman of the Selection Committee of the Athletics Federation of India Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, (C) poses for photographs with the baton with British Olympian Lord Sebastian Coe, (L) and Kapil Dev, (R) during the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games outside Buckingham Palace. (AP)

Queen Elizabeth II bids farewell to Indian dignitaries

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (C) bids farewell to Indian dignitaries following the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for Delhi 2010, at Buckingham Palace. (AFP)

Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza applauds in the grounds of Buckingham Palace in central London during the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for Delhi 2010. (AFP)

XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay

India's 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, 1958 Commonwealth 400m gold medal winner Milka Singh, Indian national, five times National ladies squash champion Misha Soni, Olympic Gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra, the world's most capped hockey player Dilip Tirkey, British Olympian Kelly Holmes, British cricket player Monty Panesar and British Olympian Lord Sebastian Coe, during the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games outside Buckingham Palace in London. (AP)

Shera the mascot of XIX Commonwealth Games

Shera the mascot waves a flag during the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for Delhi 2010, at Buckingham Palace. (AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II, Pratibha Patil and M S Gill

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks on as President Pratibha Pati hands over the Baton to Sports Minister M S Gill during the relay ceremony at London's Buckingham Palace. (PTI)

Dancers perform during baton relay

Dancers perform during the the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for Delhi 2010 outside Buckingham Palace in London, on October 29, 2009. (AFP)