Beatles 'mobbed' by diplomats

The Beatles were mobbed by British diplomats during a visit to the country's embassy in Washington D.C. in 1964, according to newly-released government files.

The Beatles were mobbed by British diplomats during a visit to the country's embassy in Washington D.C. in 1964, according to newly-released government files.

British newspaper Daily Express reports the UK Foreign Office attempted to cover up the incident, in which the Fab Four were accosted by embassy employees at a charity ball hosted by the then-ambassador Baron Harlech and his wife Lady Sylvia Ormsby-Gore.

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