Air Force One arrives at Heathrow and President Bush strides to a
warm and dignified reception from the Queen. They are driven in a 1934
Bentley to the edge of central London where they change to a
magnificent 17th century carriage hitched to six white horses. They
continue on towards Buckingham Palace, waving to the thousands of
cheering Britons; all is going well.
Suddenly, the right rear horse lets fly with the most horrendous
earth-shattering ****** ever heard in the British Empire. The ****** shakes
the coach. The smell is atrocious! Both passengers in the carriage must
use perfume-dipped handkerchiefs over their nose, but the two
dignitaries of state do their best to ignore the incident.
The Queen turns to President Bush saying, 'Mr. President, please
accept my regrets. I am sure you understand there are some things that
even a Queen cannot control.'
Bush, with his usual diplomatic aplomb, replied, Your Majesty, do
not give the matter another thought. Until you mentioned it, I thought
it was one of the horses.'
