'I promised to be a first minister for all.' Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill has accepted an invitation to attend the coronation of King Charles, telling Sky News she was honouring her pledge to 'represent all of the community'. Read more: 📺 Sky 501
first Minister-designate told Sky News"we live in a changing space" and said she was honouring her pledge to"represent all of the community".
She said:"There are those in our community who have a British identity and allegiance to the monarchy and I think it's important that I, as a first minister for all, can be respectful of their viewpoint." Asked about the significance of an Irish republican attending such a British occasion, she replied:"Well there's no doubt republicanism and the monarchy, they are two things that are very much at odds but again, I think it's just the world we live in.King's coronation: What to expect
"We live in a very changing space and I think that those of us in political leadership need to have the confidence from our own background, our own standpoint. "It doesn't diminish my republicanism to attend the coronation of the King, to be respectful to those people here of a British identity, whose political allegiance is pointed that way."
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