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Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Ireland in 2011 was her “best state visit,” revealed former President Mary McAleese.
Peaking at the Late Late Show tonight, Ms McAleese recalled the monumental visit of the British monarch to Ireland nine years ago.
“She didn’t come as a great visitor from next door, she came as a very humble reconciler,” he recalled.
“She loved that visit. I know this because when he left, we arrived, the moment his plane landed when he took off from Cork airport after an incredible four days, the moment his plane landed, his deputy private secretary called us right away to tell us that he had Said on the plane that it was his best state visit.
“I was delighted, I was so happy,” she added.
McAleese said the queen would have been “nervous” about visiting the country given her past with the UK.
“And she would have a right to be nervous about it, with all our attitudes and her attitudes.
“Until the last moment, she played the devil, she played a little bit of mischief, which shows that she has a great sense of humor,” he said.
The lawyer and human rights defender also recalled that the Queen had previously told her, many years before the visit, that she deeply regretted not having visited the State.
“What I regretted most was never having been to the Republic of Ireland.
“I think he said he had 25 horses trained here, but it was the fact that he had never been able to come here.
“This upset him,” added Ms. McAleese.
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