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State Visit
Friends, Shakespeare and an Irish Wolfhound: The historic State Visit in 22 photos
Pleasantry and pageantry.
IT WAS HAILED as memorable, historic and significant as President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina were accompanied by members of the family as they trekked around London.
There were serious political moments with Queen Elizabeth shaking Martin McGuinness’s hand again, the commitment from the British monarch to participate in 1916 commemorations in the coming years and the laying of wreathes at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey.
The visit was the final step to cement a neighbourly friendship between Ireland and Great Britain, a way to put a chequered past to bed.
But it also just looked like a jolly good time was had by all. Here are some of the best moments caught on camera from the past five days.
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