UK: IRISH PRESIDENT MARY ROBINSON MEETS QUEEN ELIZABETH II

(6 Jun 1996) Natural Sound

The Irish President, Mary Robinson, has met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on her four-day visit to Britain.

She is the first Irish head of state to make an official trip to Britain.

Earlier, Robinson met the opposition leader Tony Blair.

President Robinson is on the second of her four day visit to Britain.

She arrived at Buckingham Palace for lunch as London's temperature hit the mid 70s (around 24 centigrade).

Observers are seeing the visit as a sign of warming relations between London and Dublin.

Her trip is the first official visit to Britain by an Irish President.

Irish Foreign Minister, Dick Spring, was also at Buckingham Palace to attend the lunch.

Before lunch, President Robinson was saluted by the 1st Battalion Irish Guards.

She then inspected the 100 members of the Irish Guards, while a band played Irish tunes.

Earlier, she met opposition Labour leader, Tony Blair, for a half-hour meeting, in which they reportedly discussed next Monday's all-party talks on the Northern Ireland conflict.

Robinson is due to leave London tomorrow for a visit to Yorkshire.

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