The Queen and Prince Philip began their tour of Northern Ireland yesterday. They started their day with by visiting the one place they're loved more than any other - West Belfast. Photos are soon to emerge soon of them posing hilariously in the stocks at Crumlin Road Gaol. Joking aside, it is a fairly monumental achievement that British Royalty managed to spend the morning in West Belfast without a single security alert and it is a testament to the progress of the PSNI.
The effective closure of The Mater Hospital (with the exception of hospital staff and emergency vehicles) was surely worthwhile. I know i'd be absolutely fine if i got turned away by security services because i forgot my photo ID when going to visit my critically ill family members.
They then visited Paint Hall Studios where Game Of Thrones is filmed. While not fans of the show themselves, Prince Charles has been known to enjoy the series with his favourite and most watched episode being Season 4, Episode 2 which he has viewed a total of 192 times on his Sky Plus box.
The rest of the day was spent with various brown nosing members of Stormont.
Wednesday was all fun and games and, showing the terrifying and embarrassing gulf between US and UK television, they went to visit the antiques road show. The episode will not air for some time but lets hope they get told whatever item they brought is actually a fake and worth 100 times less than they thought.
What exciting things do they have in store for us tomorrow on their final day in Norn Iron? Find out...in a few days, when we get round to updating this again.
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