Queen Elizabeth to begin two-day North visit
Queen Elizabeth will visit the North today for a
two-day Diamond Jubilee tour and an historic meeting with Martin
McGuinness.
The Queen will shake hands with former IRA commander and Stormont deputy first minister McGuinness tomorrow in a gesture which will herald another milestone in Anglo-Irish relations.
Speaking ahead of the meeting Mr McGuinness made reference to a famous remark by former prime minister Tony Blair before the 1998 Good Friday peace deal: “There was a lot of talk in the past about someone feeling the hand of history on his shoulder.
The Queen will shake hands with former IRA commander and Stormont deputy first minister McGuinness tomorrow in a gesture which will herald another milestone in Anglo-Irish relations.
Speaking ahead of the meeting Mr McGuinness made reference to a famous remark by former prime minister Tony Blair before the 1998 Good Friday peace deal: “There was a lot of talk in the past about someone feeling the hand of history on his shoulder.
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Queen Elizabeth II begins Northern Ireland trip to mark 60th year on throne, meet ex-IRA chief
Catholic and Protestant leaders from across Ireland united in Enniskillen at an ecumenical service in the monarch’s honor as, outside in wind and rain, several thousand people waved Union Jack flags and banners honoring the queen amid an unrelenting din of pealing church bells.
A. Cuvelier
