Belfast divided over King Charles III’s visit

(13 Sep 2022)
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Belfast, Northern Ireland - 13 September 2022
1. Various of mural of Queen Elizabeth II on Shankill road and carpet of flowers
HEADLINE: Belfast Divided over King Charles III's visit
ANNOTATION: King Charles III flew to Northern Ireland Tuesday on the latest leg of his tour of the four parts of the United Kingdom.
2. Close of baby sitting in the middle of the flowers as her mother takes a photo  
3. Close of posters of King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II on shop window
ANNOTATION: Crowds of well wishers gathered to greet him in a region with a contested British and Irish identity that is deeply divided over the UK monarchy.
4.Wide of Shankill road full of UK flags
5. Various of flowers
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dorothy Smyth, 70, care worker at Shankill road, loyalist:
"I just think he knows we are very loyal to the throne, and he'll keep us British forever because we are British. You know, we are British people, we are so proud of him, we are so proud of the Queen and we're just all just broken hearted."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bobby Jones, 52, Irish nationalist:
"Queen never done nothing for us. Never did. None of the royals do. Never seen one of them in our road. I would ask them, why you never go to Falls road? They shook hands with Martin McGuiness and all the Queen but, it makes no difference."
8. Flag of queen
ANNOTATION: The monarchy draws more mixed emotions in Northern Ireland, where there are two main communities
9. Close-up of note tucked into bouquet
10.Close of photo of the Queen surrounded by flowers
ANNOTATION: There are mostly Protestant unionists who consider themselves part of the UK, and largely Roman Catholic nationalists who see themselves as Irish.
11. Woman taking photos of flowers
12. Close-up of photo of queen surrounded by flowers
ANNOTATION: That split fuelled three decades of violence involving paramilitary groups on both sides and U.K. security forces, in which 3,600 people died.
13. Wide of peace wall separating loyalists and republicans
14. Various of Bobby Sands mural
ANNOTATION: A deep sectarian divide remains, a quarter century after Northern Ireland's 1998 peace agreement.
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Rankin Brown, 55, full-time carer, loyalist:
"It's just heartbreaking, especially from a loyalist tradition, a loyalist family. It's a hard day."
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16. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Bell, 58, builder, Irish nationalist
"He's (King Charles) the colonel in chief of the Parachute regiment. Now, they killed 14 people innocent in Derry (1972), 10 people innocent in Ballymurphy (1971). You know what I mean."
17.Various of memorial and Irish flag on Falls road
ANNOTATION: In a sign of how far Northern Ireland has come on the road to peace, representatives of the main Irish nationalist party are attending commemorative events for the queen.
18.Various of mural that reads "We want the freedom of our country and your soldiers out."
ANNOTATION: They're also meeting the king on Tuesday.
STORYLINE:
King Charles III flew to Northern Ireland on Tuesday on the latest leg of his tour of the four parts of the United Kingdom, where crowds of well wishers gathered to greet him in a region with a contested British and Irish identity that is deeply divided over the UK monarchy.
That split fuelled three decades of violence known as "the Troubles" involving paramilitary groups on both sides and U.K. security forces, in which 3,600 people died.
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