A great story about Queen Elizabeth’s historic speech at Dublin Castle in May 2011: we’ve traced the envelope on which then President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, had scribbled phonetically ‘A Uachtaráin, agus a chairde’ (President and friends) and which secretly made its way to Buckingham Palace. Both women had hoped that the speech could begin with a few words in Irish, but the plan was vetoed by the protocol teams- too risky - they thought - if she stumbles in her Irish, that’s all that will be remembered. A week before the state visit, former British

@sommervilletv Historic, not ‘history’! As a former tv news reporter (with lots of out-takes) I still show it to media students as a reward at the end of a class. Here’s another favourite 1/3 @sommervilletv And not forgetting this classic from my great friend and former colleague @rtenews @Aengy2 2/3