Former IRA commander to meet Queen Elizabeth II

[monmouth]

LONDON (AP) — The Irish Republican Army-linked Sinn Fein party says one of its leaders, Martin McGuinness, will meet Queen Elizabeth II next week — a once-unthinkable symbol of progress toward peace in Northern Ireland.

McGuinness, a former IRA commander, has been invited to attend an event with the queen in his role as deputy first minister of Northern Ireland's Catholic-Protestant power-sharing government.

Neither Sinn Fein nor Buckingham Palace revealed detailed plans for the meeting. Britain's Press Association news agency said McGuiness and the queen would meet and shake hands in a private room at the beginning of the engagement. But even if it amounts to little more than a quick handshake, the meeting will have great symbolic value.

The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, will visit Northern Ireland on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of her United Kingdom-wide tour celebrating 60 years on the throne.

More at: http://news.yahoo.com/former-ira-commander-meet-queen-elizabeth-ii-145558391

'Tis a grand thing I think...

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. 'Tis a grand thing I think...

It's gotta help.

[jberryhill]

2. Is she going to squat and take a pee in Northern Ireland?

That's how a lot of mammals stake out their territory.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

3. .

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Link not quite right

This works: http://news.yahoo.com/former-ira-commander-meet-queen-elizabeth-ii-145558391.html

As it points out, Prince Philip's uncle, Lord Mountbatten, was killed by the IRA in 1979, along with his 14 year old grandson and his grandmother, and a 15 year old Irish boy.

[monmouth]

5. Thanks, I should have tested the link...n/t