George W Bush gives Michelle Obama a cough drop at his dad’s funeral

GEORGE W. Bush was today captured on camera handing Michelle Obama a cough drop at his dad’s funeral - the continuation of a longstanding running joke between the pair. Michelle laughed as she was handed the mint after they were first caught doing the same at Senator John McCain’s memorial service in September. Continue reading: The ceremony at Washington National Cathedral, the nexus of state funerals, will cap three days of remembrance by dignitaries and ordinary citizens as they honoured the Republican president. The 41st president’s casket has been lying in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda since Monday, with a river of mourners passing through around the clock. The viewing comes to a close at 7am (1pm GMT) in Washington today. The casket and the family will arrive at the cathedral just before 11 a.m., when the service is expected to begin. The service itself is close