Commonwealth Games Gets Awkward With the Queen and a Baton

SYDNEY — The 20th Commonwealth Games kicked off with an opening ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland, on Thursday morning. And if Rod Stewart's appearance wasn't awkward enough — see, below — it got worse

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I never thought I'd be able to stand in the Celtic Board Room in front of the trophy case. . . with no pantshttp://ift.tt/1mFUiet

— Rod Stewart (@rodstewart) July 23, 2014

Commonwealth Games president Prince Imran, from Malaysia, was supposed to retrieve the Queen's message from a baton, and hand it over to Her Majesty to read to the crowd. Simple, right? Not quite. Read more...

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