Queen visits Belfast to attend RIR disbandment parade

Queen Elizabeth II is in the North today for a parade to mark the disbandment of the Royal Irish Regiment's three locally recruited battalions.

Queen visits Belfast to attend RIR disbandment parade

Queen Elizabeth II is in the North today for a parade to mark the disbandment of the Royal Irish Regiment's three locally recruited battalions.

Several thousand members of the RIR and its predecessor, the Ulster Defence Regiment, are attending the event at Balmoral Showgrounds in Belfast.

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