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A British diplomat said then-prime minister and Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth II could face ’embarrassment’ by not attending the memorial.

A British diplomat said then-prime minister and Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth II could face ’embarrassment’ by not attending the memorial.

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A British diplomat said then-prime minister and Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth II could face ’embarrassment’ by not attending the memorial.

The meeting was set up after a pledge from taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

British government officials were ­worried that Queen Elizabeth II might be left “embarrassed” if President Mary McAleese personally attended a memorial service for the victims of the Real IRA’s Omagh bombing when the monarch and British prime minister Tony Blair would not be present.

The UUP delegation raised concerns about the phrasing of the timing of decommissioning in the summer of 1999.

The meeting was set up after a pledge from taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

The UUP delegation raised concerns about the phrasing of the timing of decommissioning in the summer of 1999.

The UUP delegation raised concerns about the phrasing of the timing of decommissioning in the summer of 1999.