“What do you do, when you’ve got the best opening ceremony in Commonwealth Games history, and then [people] say it’s boring,” he said.

When asked who had said the event was the best in Games history, Cr Tate replied: “I just did."

“I was in Glasgow, I watched tapes of the other ones, and it’s seldom I’m wrong,” he said.

According to Commonwealth Games Federation president Louise Martin, it was exhaustion, not disinterest, that was the reason for the Duchess of Cornwall’s mood at the ceremony.

“She really enjoyed herself,” she said.