Queen Elizabeth once described Northern Ireland’s Orange marches as ‘silly business’, newly unsealed government papers have revealed. The annual Orange marches of Protestants in Northern Ireland are ...

Queen Elizabeth II dismissed Northern Ireland's Orange Marches as "silly marching business" during a private conversation with Ireland's ambassador to the UK in 2000, newly released state papers have ...

Queen Elizabeth II expressed her relief that Northern Ireland's "silly marching business" was quieter than expected when the then Irish ambassador to the UK visited in 2000, Irish government papers ...

Members of the Orange Order - known as Orangemen - march to mark the anniversary of the 1690 Battle of the Boyne The Twelfth parade in Belfast has the longest route, stretching to six miles (9.5km ...

Queen Elizabeth once described Northern Ireland’s Orange marches as ‘silly business’, newly unsealed government papers have revealed. The annual Orange marches of Protestants in Northern ...

INFLAMMATORY marches passed off in Northern Ireland at the weekend without the normal sectarian violence. Thousands of Protestants joined Orange Order parades to commemorate the 1690 Battle of the ...

Queen Elizabeth II reportedly dismissed Northern Ireland's Orange Marches as silly marching business during a private chat with Ireland's ambassador to the UK, Ted Barrington, in 2000.

Queen Elizabeth II expressed her relief that Northern Ireland's "silly marching ... first time he heard "her dismissive views of the Orange marches". Almost 25 years later, and after Elizabeth ...

Queen Elizabeth II spoke of her relief that the “silly marching season” in Northern Ireland was quieter ... “her dismissive views of the Orange marches”, the BBC reports.

Rev Mervyn Gibson said alleged garden party comment will not ‘diminish the affection’ Orange Order holds for the late monarch ...

SCOTS Orangemen have been left stunned after The Queen described their parading as ‘silly marching business.’ The lodge ...