atkinson s families, i m very sorry. i m very truly sorry that if any decision i made impacted on the queen s baton relay for the birmingham 2022 commonwealth games has officially his survivability. we learned that launched from buckingham palace. with just over nine months by the timejohn atkinson was taken to the start of competition, the queen oversaw the start to hospital there was a full trauma of the baton s 90,000 milejourney team waiting for him there. they did to all 72 nations and territories of the commonwealth, carrying a message that their best to save the 28 year old, will be read out at opening but just of the games on 28thjuly. reeta chakrabarti is their best to save the 28 year old, butjust before their best to save the 28 year old, but just before two their best to save the 28 year old, butjust before two hours after the bomb explosion, there is sadlyjohn at buckingham palace. atkinson lost his life. you bomb explosion, there is sadly john atkinson lost his life.