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''I was the first to greet them, I remember a RAF Plane & Queen Elizabeth in a green suit''

It’s 10 years since Queen Elizabeth made her first official state visit to Ireland, and the rel...

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13.38 19 May 2021


''I was the first to greet them, I remember a RAF Plane & Queen Elizabeth in a green suit''


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13.38 19 May 2021


It’s 10 years since Queen Elizabeth made her first official state visit to Ireland, and the relationship between Ireland and the UK could not be more different.

Bobby McDonagh the Irish Former Ambassador to the EU and UK joined Andrea on the show to discuss if this visit is still as significant almost a decade later?

We all remember the Benhaffaf Twins from the Royal visit, and their mother Angie Benhaffhaf. Angie, told Andrea what she remembers from that day.

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