The Bravest Thing She's Ever Done: Queen Shakes Hands (In Private And Public) With McGuinness - The Man Who Headed Terror Army That Murdered Her Cousin Mountbatten -- Daily Mail
* Today's meeting with the former IRA commander heralds another milestone in Anglo-Irish relations
* They shook hands behind closed doors in Belfast theatre and once again in front of world's cameras
* As he held the monarch's hands, Mr McGuinness spoke to the Queen in Irish and told her the words meant: 'Goodbye and God's speed'
* David Cameron said the handshake 'has taken relations between the two countries to a new level'
* Queen is also visiting the city's Titanic exhibition and will attend an open-air party involving 20,000 locals at Stormont
Anglo-Irish relations took a momentous step forward today when the Queen shook hands with Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness - twice.
Belfast was the scene for the historic encounter between the former IRA commander - now Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister - and the Queen, which would have been unthinkable a little over ten years ago.
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My Comment: The bitterness will take generations to overcome .... but this is a start.