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 ...

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 ...

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.

Queen Elizabeth II had dim view of Orange marches, state papers claim. 27 December 2024. ... Dáil Éireann - that "Queen Elizabeth looks forward to paying a State visit to Ireland in the near ...

Ted Barrington, who met the late queen at a Buckingham Palace garden party on 25 July that year, said it was not the first time he heard "her dismissive views of the Orange marches".

Queen Elizabeth kept a diary throughout her 70-year reign, and her final entry — written just two days before her death — boiled down to just five words, revealed in royal biographer Robert ...

The immediate royal family marches in Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral procession toward St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. There was a large funeral service for the Queen at Westminster Abbey ...

T he first Elizabethan era ended on March 24, 1603, when 69-year-old Queen Elizabeth I died in her sleep at Richmond Palace. “This morning, about three o’clock, her Majesty departed from this ...

Queen Elizabeth critical of Orange Order marching ... 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”, ...

Take this anecdote from 1995, when Montreal broadcaster Pierre Brassard phoned Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace and convinced her that he was then-Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.

The Orange marches are an annual Protestant celebration (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Queen Elizabeth once described Northern Ireland’s Orange marches as ‘silly business’, newly ...

Queen Elizabeth II expressed her relief that Northern Ireland's "silly marching business" was quieter than ... said it was not the first time he heard "her dismissive views of the Orange marches".