Queen Elizabeth to visit Northern Ireland

Queen Elizabeth II is to visit Northern Ireland later this week, it was announced today

Queen Elizabeth II is to visit Northern Ireland later this week, it was announced today. Her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, will accompany her.

During the one-day visit she will undertake a number of engagements across Northern Ireland, the Northern Secretary Dr John Reid said.

Details of the day she will arrive and the locations she will visit will not be released for security reasons.