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| Prince Charles shakes hands with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams during historic meeting | Prince Charles shakes hands with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams during historic meeting |
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| The Prince of Wales has shook hands with the Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams ahead of a historic trip to the west of Ireland where his great uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten was assassinated by the IRA. | The Prince of Wales has shook hands with the Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams ahead of a historic trip to the west of Ireland where his great uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten was assassinated by the IRA. |
| Prince Charles met Mr Adams in Galway at the start of his official four-day visit to the Republic and Northern Ireland, the first time the leader of Sinn Fein and a member of the Royal Family have met each other in the Republic of Ireland. | Prince Charles met Mr Adams in Galway at the start of his official four-day visit to the Republic and Northern Ireland, the first time the leader of Sinn Fein and a member of the Royal Family have met each other in the Republic of Ireland. |
| The two men smiled at each other and Charles held a cup of tea as they shook hands and spoke in the National University of Ireland Galway. | The two men smiled at each other and Charles held a cup of tea as they shook hands and spoke in the National University of Ireland Galway. |
| The handshake is being heralded as a gesture of reconciliation and a symbol of growing relations between the UK and Ireland. | The handshake is being heralded as a gesture of reconciliation and a symbol of growing relations between the UK and Ireland. |
| The handshake comes after Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness shook hands with the Queen in Belfast in 2012, in what was also considered a turning point for relations. | The handshake comes after Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness shook hands with the Queen in Belfast in 2012, in what was also considered a turning point for relations. |
| Mr Adams had said earlier he hoped his meeting with Prince Charles would be "symbolic and practical", adding that he expected to shake hands with the royal. | |
| Prince Charles (centre) and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall (left) arrive at National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland “There is a responsibility on us all to promote reconciliation, seek to promote healing and build on the good work done by Martin McGuinness and the English Queen." | |
| It was only in 2011 that Sinn Fein prohibited Mr McGuinness from attending the state banquet in Dublin Castle during the Queen's visit to the Republic. | It was only in 2011 that Sinn Fein prohibited Mr McGuinness from attending the state banquet in Dublin Castle during the Queen's visit to the Republic. |
| Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will attend a service on the themes of peace and reconciliation at St Columba's Church, in Drumcliffe, County Sligo, during their trip. | Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will attend a service on the themes of peace and reconciliation at St Columba's Church, in Drumcliffe, County Sligo, during their trip. |
| Their historic meeting comes on the eve of Charles's trip to the seaside village of Mullaghmore, where Lord Mountbatten was assassinated by the IRA. | |
| Lord Mountbatten was murdered along with Lady Doreen Brabourne, the 83-year-old mother-in-law of the earl's daughter, his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas Knatchbull, and 14-year-old Paul Maxwell, from Killynur, Enniskillen. | Lord Mountbatten was murdered along with Lady Doreen Brabourne, the 83-year-old mother-in-law of the earl's daughter, his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas Knatchbull, and 14-year-old Paul Maxwell, from Killynur, Enniskillen. |
| Additional reporting by PA | Additional reporting by PA |