Top Orangeman asks if Queen Elizabeth’s reported ‘silly marching business’ remark was actually about nationalist protesters
Rev Mervyn Gibson said alleged garden party comment will not ‘diminish the affection’ Orange Order holds for the late monarch
Queen Elizabeth II had dim view of Orange marches, state papers claim
Elizabeth II expressed her relief that Northern Ireland's "silly marching business" was quieter than expected when the former Irish ambassador to the UK visited in 2000, government papers have revealed.
Queen Elizabeth II dismissed Orange Marches in Northern Ireland as 'silly marching business'
Queen Elizabeth II dismissed Northern Ireland's Orange Marches as "silly marching business" during a private conversation with Ireland's ambassador to the UK in 2000, newly released state papers have revealed.
Queen Elizabeth's no-nonsense take on the Orange Marches
Queen Elizabeth II reportedly dismissed Northern Ireland's Orange Marches as silly marching business during a private chat with Ireland's ambassador to the UK, Ted Barrington, in 2000.
What are the Orange marches Queen Elizabeth referred to as ‘silly business’?
Queen Elizabeth once described Northern Ireland’s Orange marches as ‘silly business’, newly unsealed government papers have revealed. The annual Orange marches of Protestants in Northern Ireland are highly contentious – mainly with their Catholic counterparts.
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Queen Elizabeth critical of Orange Order marching season, state papers reveal
Ambassador Ted Barrington had met the Queen at a Buckingham Palace garden party on 25 July and said it was not the first time he heard “her dismissive views of the Orange marches”, the BBC ...
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Report shows McDonald, Irish Ambassador Andrew O’Rourke and Ted Barrington, Department Of Foreign Affairs, outside Four Courts. The reporter is Brian O’Connell.