According to AFP:
President Michael D. Higgins is to become the first Irish head of state to make a state visit to Britain…
The visit in April will come three years after Queen Elizabeth made a groundbreaking trip to the republic…
During her state visit, Queen Elizabeth laid a wreath at Ireland’s Garden of Remembrance in honour of those who died fighting for Irish freedom from Britain. It was seen as a hugely symbolic moment.
Were Higgins to lay a wreath at the grave of the World War I combatant…it would be a similar landmark of reconciliation…
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State Opening 2010: Leaving Parliament
The Queen and Prince Philip descend the stairs leading from the House of Lords to Sovereign’s Entrance, following the State Opening of Parliament. Photo by UK Parliament
