5. Hats Not Right?
The Queen’s 1991 state visit to the U.S. where she was met by then-President George H.W. Bush didn’t get off to the best of starts as after Bush had spoken at her arrival ceremony, they forgot to adjust the lectern for the much shorter Queen to address the nation. So, it looked like the speech was being given by a hat. The Queen did make light of the situation later when addressing a joint session of Congress by quipping, “I do hope you can see me today from where you are.”
They would later take the Queen to a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Oakland Athletics and would meet all the players to shake their (rather sweaty) hands. Unfortunately, the announcers’ commentary was less than positive, with one commentator saying that ‘bowing and scraping before royalty is just not the American way. Clearly not a royalist.
