Queen Elizabeth and Ronald Reagan, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, March 3, 1983

"I came without a tripod that evening to the state dinner the Reagans were giving for Queen Elizabeth in San Francisco. I remember borrowing a monopod, which I promptly broke. I could only get it halfway up, so I took this picture almost sideways and doubled over -- and not from laughter." - Diana Walker

"The queen had visited our ranch on a day when the rain just wouldn't stop. In her speech she said she knew the Puritans, when they came to the New World, brought many customs from England, but she hadn't realized they brought the rain with them, too. As you can judge from my reaction, she is very good at telling a joke." - Ronald Reagan (1990)

Photograph by Diana Walker From Public & Private: Twenty Years Photographing the Presidency (National Geographic Books, October 2002). Used with permission. Copyright Diana Walker. The downloading of photographs for personal or commercial use with express written permission of Ms. Walker is prohibited.