President & Sabina Higgins receive TRH The Duke & Duchess of Sussex on a Courtesy Call

Wed 11th Jul, 2018 | 09:30
location: Áras an Uachtaráin
President & Sabina Higgins receive TRH The Duke & Duchess of Sussex on a Courtesy Call

President and Sabina Higgins welcomed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Áras an Uachtaráín. 

The Duke and Duchess signed the Visitors’ Book in the State Reception Room and President and Sabina Higgins accompanied  their guests to the Peace Bell in the grounds of Áras an Uachtaráin, before going on to view art installations in the gardens. 

President Michael D. Higgins has met HRH the Duke of Sussex on a number of occasions, most notably during the President’s State Visit to the UK in April 2014. 

More recently, the President and the Duke met in Turkey in April 2015, at the centenary commemorations of the Battle of Gallipoli, and in July 2016, at an event marking the centenary of the Battle of the Somme