What happens when you're seated at the same dinner table as Queen Elizabeth II? Jim Nantz recounts how he wound up across from Her Majesty: “She reached out a hand. I didn’t know if I was supposed to knock knuckles, high-five or shake her hand.”
“It was one of the greatest honors of my life,” he said. “When I heard the news about her passing, I felt an emptiness because of the amazing life that she’s lived.”
Nantz remembers the night in vivid detail. There were 135 guests. The event began with a reception in the East Room, and soon someone sounded chimes and asked that guests form a line for a photo opportunity with the Queen, Prince Philip, and President and First Lady Laura Bush. Then, Nantz remembered that the CBS golf broadcasts were presented live in the U.K. in prime time. The royals didn’t have to work too hard to find him. Still, he was flattered.“Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch,” President Biden said in a statement Thursday. “She defined an era.”
Nantz was seated at Table 11. He had been to one state dinner before and remembered the president sat at Table 12, so he figured he was in a good spot.was there, and so was Chief Justice Roberts, as well as Peyton Manning’s wife, Ashley . The wives of former Secretaries of State Colin Powell and George Schultz were there, as was Nancy Reagan.
Then the Marine announced the president and queen, who walked directly to Table 11, with Her Majesty sitting directly across from Nantz.
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