aff queen and i (2)

*THE ARRIVAL*
Queen Elizabeth The Second stepped onto the tarmac at Baldonnell Aerodrome.
President Mary McAleese of Ireland stepped forward to greet her.
"Your Majesty," cooed President McAleese in her warm Northern burr.
Prince Philip, leaned over the Queen's shoulder.
"Are you in the IRA?" he enquired of Mrs McAleese with a jovial wink.
The Queen gently lowered her head into her hands.
"Oh Philip," she wailed, in what was never less than a regal moan. "You've done it again."