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Updated 9pm
PRINCE CHARLES SPOKE today of the personal loss he and his family experienced – as they learned of the IRA attack that killed his great-uncle, Lord Mountbatten.
The heir to the British throne continued his four-day trip to Ireland – and this afternoon, made the key speech of the visit.
Later, the Prince and his wife Camilla visited the village of Mullaghmore – the site of the 1979 attack.
“At the time I could not imagine how we would come to terms with the anguish of such a deep loss,” Charles told the audience at an event in Sligo town.
“For me, Lord Mountbatton represented the grandfather I never had.
So – it seemed as if the foundations of all we held dear in life had been torn apart irreparably.
A bomb detonated on a fishing boat at Mullaghmore in August 1979 killed Mountbatten, his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas Knatchbulla, and a local teenager who worked for the royal – Paul Maxwell. Another member of his party – the Dowager Lady Brabourne – died the day after the attack.
Lord Mountbatten had been a frequent visitor to the area in the years before the bombing – and was well known locally.
The day of that attack – 27 August – is remembered as one of the darkest of the Troubles. Later, 18 British soldiers were killed as two bombs exploded in Co Down.
After his opening his speech today with a few words As Gaeilge – the Prince spoke about the incredible progress that has been made in Anglo-Irish relations over the last number of decades.
“We all have regrets about the past,” he said – before going on to quote the famous remarks of his mother Queen Elizabeth during her 2011 State Visit, when she said that, looking back “we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently - or not at all”.
Prince Charles also met Gerry Adams yesterday – shaking hands with the Sinn Féin leader, in a moment that made headlines across the world.
Charles and Camillaalso attended a peace and reconciliation service at Drumcliffe in Co Sligo later, in addition to visiting Mullaghmore.
- With reporting by Michelle Hennessy.
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I unfortunately moved to Horizon from Sky. Horizon makes the little baby Jesus cry :(
Biggest pile of $h1t I’ve ever seen. Anyone thinking of going to horizon..don’t.
Why is there a photo of Alan Partridge with Dave Fanning?
It’s a comedy service for me. I checked out My Prime and laughed so much. Thanks UPC.
This sounds great..ih wait, my thin black upc bix is a pile of absolute w@@nk that doesn’t work, crashes all the time, needs resetting every two days, and doesn’t change channel when i press the. .. change the channel buttons. ….oh well, 60 quid more in the pocket soon every month.
Upc is absolute pants
Watch Love/Hate on My Prime or Better Call Saul, House Of Cards, Orange Is The New Black etc on Netflix. It’s a tough call.
Whilst I’m all in favour of increased competition in the marketplace, this new MyPrime offering from UPC is complete pants.
I tried to view some of the “Free” programmes on offer over the weekend (most are tripe fyi) but was met each time with a warning message saying that because they’re in HD, I’d need to upgrade my UPC box. It doesn’t give you an alternative. The box I have is only 2 years old. And now they want more money from me?? On top of the 14% price hike they sprung on me this month?! No thanks!
I’ll be sticking with Netflix.
Wow, your box lasted 2 years?since I was upgraded to horizon last year, we’re on third box,after the first 6months(kept braking) and we might get a 4th since this once is not that great either.
Any problems ph Pakistan or India, They know our streets and towns inside out, Goodluck with the queries.
Agree, there is nothing more frustrating than trying to solve a problem with some with limited English and strong accent
I’m sure it be just as shiiiite as the normal service,and probably as much as a disaster as the horizon box,
I’m sure I’ll get red thumbed into oblivion, but am I the only one who hadn’t had a problem with the Horizon service? Had teething problems, but for me, it’s all sorted and working. That said, I’ve absolutely zero interest in MyPrime.
Just left the Horizon service this week after UPC increased the monthly rate of €80 to €134.Terrible WI-FI through horizon too.AVOID
Did you negotiate first? I told them I have no interest is 200 broadband and can live with lower if competitors offer me close to half what UPC asks. I got it down and will go down as Sky is catching up.next year I might leave UPC for good if Sky are better than this year. Wi-fi isn’t yet able to have 200 speed for the regular folk, is it?We are fine without km of wires and love wi-fi.
Yes I tried to negotiate as the €80 was a deal that ran out after 12 months. There was no comparable deal this year and the horizon multiscreen hardly ever worked so just cancelled it and kept the broadband as it’s a good product through a modem (Not on Horizon box).Pity the horizon wasn’t developed properly before launch.
The Myprime content is shockingly bad!! Boxsets are a joke and the movies wouldn’t look out of place in the DVD bargain bin of your local topaz. Big own goal by UPC can’t believe they have the balls to compare it to Netflix
Sky like vodafone are the best,you get what you pay for peasants
Overpay for.
Don’t get the horizon box. Slower interface, poor wifi range, missed recordings, loses sound. Wifi needs to be rebooted at least once a day. And forget support from UPC.
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