Legendary rock group The Beatles were mobbed by diplomats at the British embassy in Washington, when they visited the place for a charity ball, newly released government files have revealed.
Washington, Aug 14 : Legendary rock group The Beatles were mobbed by diplomats at the British embassy in Washington, when they visited the place for a charity ball, newly released government files have revealed.
It seems that the office attempted to keep the incident under wraps.
The fabulous four were invited by then-ambassador Baron Harlech and his wife Lady Sylvia Ormsby-Gore.
The crowd consisting of young foreign officials were so enthralled by the band's presence that one of them even pulled at drummer Ringo Starr's lock, reports the Daily Express.
"A rugby scrum of young Foreign Office officials' pushed and pulled frontman John Lennon," Contactmusic quoted the paper, as stating.
George Harrison was pushed to one corner by over-enthusiastic fans.
Later, Ormsby-Gore rendered an apology to the group for the incident.
"I really am terribly sorry about the scene in the ballroom," Contactmusic quoted Ormsby-Gore, as writing.
ANI