
Prince Charles meets Gerry Adams Tues 19th May
Later today Prince Charles will meet Gerry Adams during his visit to Ireland. It's being seen as another huge milestone in the road to peace and reconciliation here.
Later today Prince Charles will meet Gerry Adams during his visit to Ireland. It's being seen as another huge milestone in the road to peace and reconciliation here. The meeting will be the first in the Republic between the Sinn Féin leadership and a member of the Royal Family. It comes after the Queen shook hands with Martin McGuinness in Belfast three years ago. Some republicans have objected to the meeting because Prince Charles is Colonel-in-Chief of the parachute regiment. Members of it shot dead 14 people in Bloody Sunday and were involved in the Ballymurphy shootings in 1971. There's also hurt on the Royal family's side as the IRA murdered Prince charles great-uncle, Lord Mountbatten in 1979. Stephen gets the views of John Teggart, his father Daniel was one of those killed by the parachute regiment in Ballymurphy, TUV leader Jim Allister, commentators Ruth Dudley Edwards and Jude Collins and we took your calls
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