Twenty-one years ago this month, I had the wonderful opportunity of photographing the Royal family on their trip to the United States. I photographed the Queen and her husband, and then-President George Bush and his wife in the library of the British Embassy in Washington, D.C.
I remember being quite nervous, which was compounded by Prince Philip replying "no" to all of my posing suggestions. I then also asked the Queen if she would like to put her handbag down, and she also said "no." The Bushes were quite amused by the exchange, but I wished that the ground would open and swallow me up!
I then said to the Queen, "I am so glad to see that your dress is nicely pressed, because I had a dream a few nights ago that I had to iron it."
They all seemed highly amused by this, and here is the resulting portrait:
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