President Reagan laughs at a joke by Queen Elizabeth II during a state dinner at the M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum, San Francisco, March 3, 1983

"The queen had visited our ranch on a day when he 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 Regan (1990)

"I came without a tripod that evening to the state dinner the Reagan's 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