Britain 's Queen is in Northern Ireland on a tour . During the trip she will meet -- and shake hands with -- former IRA figure Martin McGuinness . Meeting a symbolic moment of peace between two forces of sectarian divide . After decades of struggle , key Republicans in Northern Ireland are ready to have their symbolic moment of peace with the `` Queen of England , '' as they call her . Queen 's cousin , Lord Louis Mountbatten , was killed by the IRA in 1979 .
Britain 's Queen is in Northern Ireland on a tour . During the trip she will meet -- and shake hands with -- former IRA figure Martin McGuinness . Meeting a symbolic moment of peace between two forces of sectarian divide . Queen 's cousin , Lord Louis Mountbatten , was killed by the IRA in 1979 .