Prince Charles unwittingly meets Sinn Fein publicity man at Glastonbury

Barneyjo The instances you cite merely reflect the degree to which the republic has moved to accommodate british interests, not the other way round. Barriers may be coming down, but in whose intersts? A short-sighted view of the relationship between Ireland and its eastern neighbour as assessed by platitudes and hand claps is very remiss. Actions speak louder than words. When will Britain pay reparations to Ireland as they demanded from Germany? To my knowledge, the only britisher who apologised for what britain did to Ireland was the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, a humble man of working class background. No royalty or elected representative of britain has ever even made that token gesture towards long-suffering Ireland.

Sorry, but I feel this Englishman is not worth a comment.

Downunderyan, oh yes I was alive at the time, but not in Derry. I was and am a survivor of the troubles in general, and of the misbehavious of State Forces. And yes I am reading the Saville report (its going to take a while) I think what you find difficult to grasp (from a distance maybe)is that there are barriers coming down all over the place; old enemies are looking at each other anew Paisley has just recently been to tea with Uachtarain na hEireann; to quote Shakespeare, "Misery acquaints men with strange Bedfellows" which explains why we have the Government we deserve. Did you not see the Nationalist People of Derry applaud a Conservative Primeminister when he acknowledged that Bloody Sunday was an "own goal" for the British state, and when he apologised on behalf of the British State. But getting back to my original point, how do you know that Danny Morrison and Prince Charles didnt get on when they met? were you there by any chance? Enlighten me please do with an insider's view.

why in the world would danny morrisey shake prince charles 's hand he's a low life

barneyjo You can't have been in Ireland on 31 Jan 1972. Read the Saville Report released last week (albeit 30 years too late for justice to be rendered) to learn that there was no way Charlie's Paras would have "hunkdred down, shared a "spliff" and chilled out to the music!!

Prince Charles, although a bit of a fool, is a nice man. Danny Morrison is one of the most amiable former Sinn Fein men. Given the opportunity, there's no reason why they shouldn't get along okay.

Whatis there to think about? Prince Charles is a civilzed individual and was behaving in character in meeting another human being. Had he realized that Morrison represented the organization that blew up his favorite uncle, the insufferable Lord Mountbatten, he no doubt wuld have been quite put out.

Aaaw, let's be nice here. THIS natural interaction between these blokes shows that all this conflict is self-created and left to our own natural instincts we get along - and YES share a pint & a spliff!

My my what a glib(and stupid) statement. If the truth were really know, they may have hunkdred down, shared a "spliff" and chilled out to the music!!

If Charlie only knew who he was speaking with, he might have called in the infamous 'Paras' regiment, of which he was the chief, to finish off the unfinished business of 'Bloody Sunday' 31 January 1972.