With parades, concerts and even tea with commoners, 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth II and the royals are traversing the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee. In a historic moment in the Northern Ireland Peace process, the tour extended to Belfast where the Queen met with deputy first minister Martin McGuinness.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, second right, shakes hands with Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, left, watched by First Minister Peter Robinson, second left, and Prince Philip, right, at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 27, 2012. Queen Elizabeth II shook hands with former IRA commander Martin McGuinness in a landmark moment in the Northern Ireland peace process.
