What was the message behind King Charles's visit to Belfast?
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Katy Balls talks to James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman.
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| 0:22.0 | The spectator's daily politics podcast. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm Katie Balls and I'm joined by Isabel Hartman and James Versailles. |
| 0:29.0 | King Charles III is in Northern Ireland today. |
| 0:32.0 | James, can you update us on his visit? |
| 0:35.0 | So he's been to Northern Ireland and obviously I think one of the features of the Queen's reign, |
| 0:41.0 | especially for later years. |
| 0:42.0 | So it was her role in reconciliation, not just in Northern Ireland but between the UK and Ireland or Germany. |
| 0:48.0 | And I think the fact that Charles has gone to Northern Ireland so early in his reign, |
| 0:53.0 | but there is an event there where the T-Shuck is there. |
| 0:56.0 | He's shaking hands with Michelle O'Neill who should feign the pole in the Northern Ireland elections. |
| 1:04.0 | All of these have symbolic value and I think it's quite clear from what he said today. |
| 1:09.0 | But this is something that he wishes to continue. |
| 1:14.0 | Obviously tonight the Queen's body will move, be moved from Edinburgh to Buckingham Palace |
| 1:21.0 | and then tomorrow to Westminster Hall for four days of lying in state before the funeral. |
| 1:27.0 | And we also can expect Charles to go to Wales and then to head back to London ahead of that event. |
| 1:35.0 | I thought it was really striking how Alex Maskey, who is Sinn Fain's speaker with the Northern Ireland Assembly, |
| 1:43.0 | praised the way that the Queen had put so much effort into the peace process |
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