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Sinn Féin says it is a "sad day" for Elizabeth II's funeral

MADRID, 19 Sep.

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Sinn Féin says it is a "sad day" for Elizabeth II's funeral

MADRID, 19 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill has stated that this Monday is "a sad day" for the family of the late Queen Elizabeth II and for those who, also in Northern Ireland, have a "British identity".

"Today I respectfully join the leaders of Great Britain, Ireland and the international community at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II," said O'Neill, in a message of respect posted on Twitter hours before the events start. in Westminster Abbey.

The Republican party, political heir to the IRA, has in recent years maintained its discourse in favor of the unification of the island of Ireland, but there have been several direct contacts with a monarchy to which they have not sworn allegiance.

In 2012, Elizabeth II and the then president of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams, had a historic handshake, and the party has been present at all the acts of homage over the last ten days except for those that involved recognition of the King Charles III.

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