News about Mary McAleese

Eamonn Mallie, a broadcaster, talked to GB News that Her Majesty's handshake with Martin McGuinness in 2012, which was a 'important moment in time,' and that's why the mood has changed.' Mr McGuinness, first minister of Northern Ireland at the time, and a former IRA chief, as well as a former IRA chief. Mr Mallie also recalled the late monarch's trip to Dublin in 2011, where she did "extraordinary things" including speaking in Irish and visiting the Garden of Remembrance, which was dedicated to those who fought for Irish independence. Her Majesty, who died in Balmoral last week at the age of 96, was the first monarch to visit Ireland in over a century - her grandfather George V was the last king to visit in 1911 before the Republic's independence was established in 1911. On the new leg of his royal tour of the United Kingdom, King Charles III (pictured right) and Queen Consort met with applause at the royal residence in Belfast today.

After 70 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands at the age of 96. Many of her memorable moments in her life were caught on film, from her wedding to Prince Philip in 1947 to her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022, marking her historic reign.