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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/queen-plans-historic-irish-visit.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Queen is to pay a state visit to Ireland - the first official tour of the republic by a British monarch" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/min-queen-plans-historic-irish-visit.jpg" alt="The Queen is to pay a state visit to Ireland - the first official tour of the republic by a British monarch"/></a></p>
<p>The Queen is to pay a state visit to Ireland &#8211; the first official tour of the republic by a British monarch.</p>
<p>Buckingham Palace said in a statement: &#8220;The Queen has been pleased to accept an invitation from the President of Ireland to pay a state visit to Ireland this year. The Queen will be accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh.&#8221;</p>
<p>A date for the visit has not been released but it is widely expected to be in May.</p>
<p>The Queen will be following in the footsteps of her grandfather George V, who travelled to the country in 1911, before independence.</p>
<p>In a statement, the office of Irish president Mary McAleese said the timing of the visit would be confirmed at a later date.</p>
<p>&#8220;President McAleese is pleased to announce that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has accepted an invitation to visit Ireland this year,&#8221; it said.</p>
<p>&#8220;The dates of the visit and the programme will be announced jointly by Aras an Uachtarain (the president&#8217;s residence) and Buckingham Palace in due course.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Irish Government said it welcomed the imminent trip. &#8220;The visit will mark a further improvement in the very good relations between Ireland and the United Kingdom,&#8221; it said in a statement.</p>
<p>After a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron in London last June, outgoing Irish prime minister Brian Cowen said he wanted to see the official engagement before President McAleese leaves office after a second seven-year term in November.</p>
<p>Mr Cowen had said a state visit by the Queen and a return trip to Britain by an Irish president would be part of the normal courtesies enjoyed by friendly, neighbouring states.</p>
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