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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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The Queen visits Northern Ireland – in pictures

Queen: Royal visit to Northern Ireland
Children wave union flags in Enniskillen as they wait for the arrival of the Queen during a two-day visit as part of the diamond jubilee tour. The town suffered one of the IRA's worst massacres in 1987 Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Queen: Royal visit to Northern Ireland
Spectators at the ready on a rooftop, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Queen as she passes Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Queen: Members of the public wave their Union Jack flags as they wait the Queen
Members of the public wave their union flags as they wait to see the Queen Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP
Queen: Royal visit to Northern Ireland - Day 1
Crowds wave union flags in Enniskillen, where the Queen was due to attend a service of thanksgiving Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Queen: Anti-monarchy graffiti
Not everyone is quite so enthusiastic about the Queen's visit. Anti-monarchy graffiti is daubed on a wall in west Belfast. Martin McGuinness, the former IRA commander turned Northern Ireland's deputy first minister, will meet the Queen tomorrow in a historic first for the peace process, his party announced Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images
Queen: Queen in Northern Ireland
The Queen meets the public after a service of thanksgiving in St Macartin's Cathedral. Hundreds of people waited for a chance to see her Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP
Queen: Royal visit to Northern Ireland - Day 1
The secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Owen Paterson, and the Northern Ireland first minister, Peter Robinson, wait for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to arrive at St Macartin's Cathedral Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Queen: Royal visit to Northern Ireland
The Queen takes in the scene outside St Macartin's Cathedral in Enniskillen Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Queen: Royal visit to Northern Ireland - Day 1
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh speak with wellwishers in Enniskillen Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Queen: Queen Elizabeth II Visits Northern Ireland
The Queen leaves St Macartin's Cathedral after the service of thanksgiving Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images
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