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 ...
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 ...
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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.
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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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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 ...
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Queen Elizabeth II had dim view of Orange marches, state papers claim
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". Almost 25 ...