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 ...

Queen Elizabeth once described Northern Ireland’s Orange marches as ‘silly business’, newly unsealed government papers have ...

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 expressed her relief that Northern Ireland's "silly marching ... first time he heard "her dismissive views of the Orange marches". Almost 25 years later, and after Elizabeth ...

Queen Elizabeth II expressed her relief that Northern Ireland's "silly marching business" was quieter than expected when the then Irish ambassador to the UK visited in 2000, Irish government papers ...

INFLAMMATORY marches passed off in Northern Ireland at the weekend without the normal sectarian violence. Thousands of Protestants joined Orange Order parades to commemorate the 1690 Battle of the ...

Queen Elizabeth II spoke of her relief that the “silly marching season” in Northern Ireland was quieter ... “her dismissive views of the Orange marches”, the BBC reports.

A report by the Police Authority of Northern Ireland in 1996 into public confidence ... Hugh Annesley had reversed an earlier ban on the Orange Order marching from Drumcree through Garvaghy ...

QUEEN Elizabeth expressed relief that Northern Ireland’s “silly marching business ... year said it was not the first time he heard her “dismissive views of the Orange marches”. Barrington said ...

In 1968, Joyce's son Giorgio suggested that his father’s remains might be repatriated to Ireland from his burial ... who were opposing Orange marches on the Garvaghy Road, no protection was ...