Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has praised Britain's Queen Elizabeth as a passionate supporter of the peace process.
Speaking after they held their first ever one-to-one meeting, Mr McGuinness described his ten minute private audience with the Queen at Hillsborough Castle in Co Down as "very nice" and "useful". The meeting came at the start of a three day visit to Northern Ireland by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
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