3. Not The Best Elevation
Although President Gerald Ford never visited the UK in his two year tenure, the Queen paid him a visit at the White House and it would certainly be a trip to remember, probably not for the best reasons. When the Queen took to the dance floor to share a dance with Ford during a bicentennial state dinner on July 7, 1976, the choice of song the Marine Band accidentally struck up was not what you’d call appropriate. What was the song you ask? The show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms, “The Lady Is a Tramp.”
That wasn’t the only surprise the Queen got on her trip. While First Lady Betty Ford was giving the Queen a tour of the White House, they were waiting for an elevator. When the doors opened, there was Jack Ford (their second born) standing in the elevator wearing nothing but a pair of boxer shorts. Apparently unphased by this, the Queen turned to an embarrassed First Lady and said, “It’s ok, I have one of my own.”
