Martin Flannery MP on Princess Margaret remarks about Irish
- Title
- Martin Flannery MP on Princess Margaret remarks about Irish
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 18 Oct 1979
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:02:17
- Description
- Interview with Labour MP, Martin Flannery on Princess Margaret’s remarks about the Irish. She is reported to have referred to the Irish as pigs during a visit to America shortly after the assassination of her uncle, Lord Mountbatten of Burma. Flannery hopes the affair was mis-reported and feels that the royal family have a responsibility to refrain from making such remarks. Female interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Martin Flannery
- Keywords
- USA; Northern Ireland; IRA; Louis Mountbatten; Royal family; Royalty; Princess Margaret; National stereotypes
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