Similar to the Olympic Flame, the Queen's Baton is an integral part of the Commonwealth Games. The 20th edition of the Games commence in Glasgow, Scotland tomorrow, and the Queen's Baton Relay, which began it's journey on the 9th October last year, traveled across 70 Commonwealth nations and territories, and has now returned to Glasgow, marking the final countdown to the opening ceremony tomorrow."Relaying across the Commonwealth nations and territories prior to the opening of the Games, the Queen's Baton carries a message from the Head of the Commonwealth, currently Queen Elizabeth II. The relay begins from the Buckingham Palace in London where the Queen gives the baton to the first relay runner who begins the journey, before the final relay runner hands the baton back to the Queen or her representative, who reads the message aloud to officially open the Games. The Relay was introduced at the 1958 Games in Cardiff, Wales. Till the 1994 Games, the relay only went through England and the host nation. The 1998 Games in Kuala Lumpur saw the first time baton travel to other nations of the Commonwealth. The baton for the last edition of the Games held in Delhi in 2010 was made from aluminium twisted into a helix, and was coated with soils from the various regions of India. It had the Queen's message printed on an 18 carat gold leaf, representing gold's qualities and symbolism of power in India. The baton also incorporated a video camera, a microphone and LED lighting which set its color scheme to match the flag of the nation it was travelling through.Grappler Sushil Kumar was the final runner who handed the Queen's Baton to Prince Charles for the opening ceremony of 2010 Delhi Games.