King Charles opens Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with assist from Doctor Who’s TARDIS

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — King Charles III took his time earlier than formally opening the 23rd Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after rising Thursday from the TARDIS of intergalactic adventurer “Doctor Who.”

More than 3,000 athletes from 74 nations and territories will compete throughout 10 sports activities and 6 Para sports activities within the 11-day occasion. Charles formally opened the Games in his position as head of the Commonwealth.

The opening ceremony present started with a clip of what organizers referred to as “the world’s most famous police box” from the long-lasting sci-fi TV collection occurring a journey round Scotland. After visits to Loch Ness, the Kelpies, and Edinburgh Castle, it stopped to choose up Charles and Queen Camilla at Balmoral Castle.

It then materialized contained in the Hydro enviornment — showing on an onstage backyard — and Charles and Camilla emerged, making their manner down a ramp earlier than taking on seats within the royal field.

Like mom, like son

Charles isn’t the primary British monarch to make a memorable entrance to a significant sporting occasion’s opening ceremony.

In 2012, Queen Elizabeth II famously took half within the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, with a video of her showing to skydive into the stadium from a helicopter with James Bond actor Daniel Craig, after he escorted her from Buckingham Palace.

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