Pint-sized Ian Clyde was a rising Featherweight boxer from the Point St. Charles district on top of the world in 1976 after disposing of British champ Charlie Magri at the Montreal Olympics, held right in his hometown.
At one point during the event Clyde found himself at the Olympic Village trying to get a meal at the cafeteria when he spotted some a sight that he could not believe.
There, right in front of him, hauling her own tray was Queen Elizabeth II.
Clyde suddenly heard his own voice awkwardly squeal out, "Queen!"
Her royal highness smiled and looked over at Clyde.
The young boxer, seized by adrenaline and nerves, strode directly to the Queen and defied royal protocol by addressing her without being spoken to first.
Queen Elizabeth, it turned out, was entirely delightful and chit chatted with Clyde in a friendly and pleasant way.
Clyde then rounded up a guy nearby with a camera and asked for a photo souvenir of his great moment for the purposes of preserving it for posterity.
Queen Elizabeth, true to form, was cool with the request and agreed to pose for a photo with the 112-lb pugilist.
Clyde approached the Queen to pose for the photo, simultaneously invigorated and paralyzed with nerves.
He placed his right hand clumsily behind the Queen and realized that he had laid it against the back of the Queen's dress and could feel her bra strap under his fingers.
Elizabeth, who had been cheerful and friendly throughout their encounter, suddenly lost her smile, as can be seen by her sour demeanor in the photographic result.
Clyde left with mixed feelings about the affair, both elated with the encounter but also feeling that he had blundered. He sought to ensure that the photo went unseen by the world, as he imagined that trouble might follow him if it ever leaked out.