"Royal road show seems like publicity stunt"

Submitted by LJ Holden on 20 March, 2011 - 11:56

Matt McCarten writes in today's Herald on Sunday:

I accept I'm a bit over-the-top criticising having the Prince at Friday's memorial. But that's because it seemed a bit insensitive to have an English future monarch (well Germanic actually with a bit of Greek added) as our Government's centre of attention on St Patrick's Day. You know - the Republic of Ireland's national day? The Irish martyrs who died fighting the Brits for an independent Irish Republic as far away from the English as they could get will be spinning in their graves.