‘Thrilling’ scenes in Northern Ireland for the King’s Coronation

Leaders of the main political parties in Northern Ireland – Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O’Neill and her colleague Alex Maskey, the speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly; DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, his colleague Lord Nigel Dodds; Alliance leader Naomi Long; UUP leader Doug Beattie and SDLP leader Colm Eastwood – were also in attendance.