Who will make up the British and Irish delegations
The Irish greeting party at Áras an Uachtaráin today will be:
Taoiseach Enda Kenny;
Irish Ambassador to Britain Bobby McDonagh and his wife Mary;
Government secretary general Dermot McCarthy;
Department of Foreign Affairs secretary general David Cooney;
secretary general to the President, Adrian O'Neill;
deputy secretary general to the President, Loughlin Quinn;
adviser to the President Maura Grant;
Army Chief of Staff Lieut Gen Sean McCann;
Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan;
Brig Gen Denis Murphy, GOC 2nd Eastern Brigade;
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter.
Queen’s entourage will include:
William Hague MP, secretary of state, foreign and commonwealth office;
Julian King , the British ambassador, and his wife Lottee Knudsen;
the Honorable Mary Morrison, CDVO, lady-in-waiting to the Queen;
Diana, Lady Farnham, lady-in-waiting to the Queen;
Christopher Geidt, private secretary to the Queen;
Edward Young, deputy private secretary to the Queen;
Brig Archie Miller-Blackwell, private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh;
The Earl of Rosslyn, Commander Peter Loughborough, QPM, head of royal protection;
Surgeon Captain David Hett, medical officer to the Queen;
Maj Dan Rex, Equerry;
Ms Claire Tynte-Irvine, private secretary to the secretary of state.