Queen ‘deeply moved’ by reception on Cork visit

THE Queen of England was “deeply moved” by the warm welcome she and her husband received in Cork.

In a letter to the Lord Mayor of Cork, Queen Elizabeth II asked that a special thanks be extended to the people of Cork for the welcome she received on Leeside during her historic state visit to Ireland.

In a break from protocol on the final day of her visit, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh shook hands with dozens of people who had lined the Grand Parade.