Mary Lou McDonald, leader of the party that was once the political wing of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army, said she was sorry for its assassination of Louis Mountbatten.
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Sinn Fein Leader Apologizes for 1979 Killing of Prince Philip’s Uncle
Mary Lou McDonald, leader of the party that was once the political wing of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army, said she was sorry for its assassination of Louis Mountbatten.
Louis Mountbatten and Prince Philip, his nephew, in 1965. Lord Mountbatten was assassinated in 1979, in an I.R.A. bombing that also killed three other people. Credit.Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive Getty Images
April 18, 2021Updated 2:07 p.m. ET
LONDON Seeking to salve an old wound at a time of sorrow for Britain’s royal family, the political leader of the Irish republican movement apologized on Sunday for the 1979 assassination of Louis Mountbatten, an uncle of Prince Philip.
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