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The Queen visits Northern Ireland – in pictures

Children wave union flags in Enniskillen as they wait for the arrival of the Queen during a two-day visit as part of the diamond jubilee tour. The town suffered one of the IRA's worst massacres in 1987 Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Spectators at the ready on a rooftop, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Queen as she passes Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Members of the public wave their union flags as they wait to see the Queen Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP Crowds wave union flags in Enniskillen, where the Queen was due to attend a service of thanksgiving Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Not everyone is quite so enthusiastic about the Queen's visit. Anti-monarchy graffiti is daubed on a wall in west Belfast. Martin McGuinness, the former IRA commander turned Northern Ireland's deputy first minister, will meet the Queen tomorrow in a historic first for the peace process, his party announced Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images The Queen meets the public after a service of thanksgiving in St Macartin's Cathedral. Hundreds of people waited for a chance to see her Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP The secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Owen Paterson, and the Northern Ireland first minister, Peter Robinson, wait for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to arrive at St Macartin's Cathedral Photograph: Niall Carson/PA The Queen takes in the scene outside St Macartin's Cathedral in Enniskillen Photograph: Niall Carson/PA The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh speak with wellwishers in Enniskillen Photograph: Niall Carson/PA The Queen leaves St Macartin's Cathedral after the service of thanksgiving Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Source: The Guardian ↗

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