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Alex Maskey and Michelle O'Neill antecedently met the King astatine Hillsborough Castle aft the decease of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II
Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill has accepted an invitation to be the King's coronation.
She volition be on with enactment workfellow Alex Maskey, who is the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Ms O'Neill said we are surviving "in a large clip of change... a clip to respect our differing and arsenic morganatic aspirations".
King Charles III's coronation volition instrumentality spot successful London connected 6 May.
"I americium an Irish Republican. I besides recognise determination are galore radical connected our land for whom the coronation is simply a hugely important occasion," Ms O'Neill added, saying she was committed to "building bully relations betwixt the radical of these islands".
The enactment party, which was the governmental helping of the Provisional IRA during the Troubles, has traditionally objected to the monarchy, peculiarly successful narration to its relation successful Northern Ireland.
Sinn Féin MPs, for example, bash not instrumentality their seats successful Westminster partially due to the fact that they are required to instrumentality an oath of allegiance to the caput of the Royal Family.
However, the party's narration to the monarchy changed dramatically successful 2012 erstwhile then-leader Martin McGuinness famously shook the Queen's hand.
Image source, Paul Faith
Image caption,The four-second handshake betwixt the erstwhile IRA person and the British monarch appeared to usher successful a caller era
Sinn Féin became the biggest enactment astatine the Northern Ireland Assembly aft an predetermination past May, meaning Ms O'Neill is entitled to beryllium archetypal minister.
But the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)'s refusal to articulation an enforcement prevented her from doing so.
Party workfellow Alex Maskey was invited successful his capableness arsenic Speaker of the assembly and said helium is pleased to be the event.
He confirmed his attendance successful a missive sent to assembly members astatine Stormont, telling them: "It has ever been important for me, oregon so immoderate Speaker, to behaviour my responsibilities to correspond the assembly successful a mode that is inclusive and respectful of each the identities and governmental traditions wrong it."
The assembly volition besides beryllium formally represented astatine the coronation by main enforcement Lesley Hogg.
The King volition beryllium crowned alongside Camilla, the Queen Consort, connected 6 May
During the coronation ceremony, the King volition beryllium crowned alongside Camilla, the Queen Consort.
It is simply a authorities occasion, which means the authorities controls the impermanent list.
In summation to the Royal Family, those invited volition see the premier minister, representatives from the Houses of Parliament, heads of state, and different royals from astir the world.
DUP person Sir Jeffrey Donaldson volition besides be the coronation.
Irish president Michael D Higgins is besides expected to beryllium there, and go the archetypal Irish caput of authorities to be the coronation of a British monarch.
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