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When the flame is exchanged between runners they touch their torches together, known as a 'kiss moment'. But in a bid to allow the royals to watch a handball demonstration from schoolchildren the symbol of the Games was put into a lantern. Minutes before the flame arrived grey skies which had been threatening rain let go a torrential downpour which forced guests under the shelter of the castle's Sovereign's Entrance. Mrs Macgregor, from Taplow near Slough, arrived soaking wet and met the Queen who was wearing a rain cape and wielding an umbrella with Philip by her side.

Laughing, Mrs Macgregor told the royal couple 'I looked fine this morning', and they both began chuckling. Sir Roger said: 'It's an honour to be included in a list of torch carriers which has included injured soldiers back from Afghanistan and other places, and I'm glad that it's taking place on this track in Oxford where I ran the four-minute mile in Sebastian Coe, left, stands with Sir Roger Bannister after he returned to the site of his record breaking run.

Roger Bannister completed the first ever four minute mile at an athletics meeting in Oxford in Today it looks like it might rain and that day the weather was so bad that I nearly decided not to attempt it. I spent 10 years training before I broke the four-minute mile. I send my best wishes to all those who are training now and are competing in the Olympics in London. Lord Coe said: 'It's very special. Roger has done so much inside British sport.

He paved the way for what we did in the late 70s and early 80s. Hundreds of people watched as year-old Sir Roger carried the flame along the athletics track before handing the torch to year-old student Nicola Byrom.

Sir Roger Bannister, left, completed a somewhat more sedate lap of the Iffley Road track in Oxford than he is accustomed to, as he was watched by London Chairman Lord Coe, right. Sir Steve Redgrave's leg of the relay was overshadowed somewhat by the appearance of a streaker in Henley-on-Thames. Sir Steve, a five-times Olympic rowing gold medallist, travelled through the upmarket town in an eight-man boat using an oar with one hand and carrying the torch in another.

The former Olympian was able to keep up a sedate pace that allowed the thousands of spectators lining the route to cheer him on. In the background was the River and Rowing Museum where the boat Sir Steve used to win his fifth gold medal at the Sydney Olympics is on permanent display. He exchanged the Olympic flame with the previous torchbearer as he sat in the slimline vessel and then, with seven other rowers and a cox, set off on a circuit of the riverbank.

Once he had his feet on dry land, Sir Steve set off on a brief run to hand the flame on to the next torchbearer. He said: 'To have my hands on the torch is pretty special. Sir Steve Redgrave, who won an unprecedented five gold medals in his illustrious career said it was 'pretty special' to be asked to carry the torch.

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal also took part in the torch relay as it passed through Slough. The Michelin-starred celebrity chef, renowned for his snail porridge and sardine ice cream dishes, said he was close to tears as thousands of people lined the streets to watch the flame pass. He said: 'I had no idea there were going to be this many people here.

I've got a proper lump in my throat. The energy - this is what the Olympics is all about. The torch will travel a total of 87 miles today, and be transported by torch bearers on the 53rd day of the relay. ES Best. ES Mag. Follow us:. Password Please enter a valid password. Submit Submit. A year-old man has been charged after streaking during the Olympic Torch Relay.

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