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Charles expected to promote reconciliation on Northern Ireland visit

The Prince of Wales was due to visit a Methodist church undergoing a regeneration project.

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The Prince of Wales has begun a two-day visit to Northern Ireland.

He will tour the Carlisle Memorial Methodist Church, which has served as a gateway to north Belfast since 1875.

The neo-Gothic building is the subject of a major regeneration project.

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The Prince of Wales is visiting Northern Ireland (Brian Lawless/PA)

In 2015, the prince visited nearby St Patrick’s Catholic Church which was at the heart of disputes involving loyalist band parades.

He has often touched on the theme of reconciliation during recent visits to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Charles will also visit Ulster University in Coleraine, Co Londonderry, to help celebrate its 50th anniversary.

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The Prince of Wales sits alongside Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle, founder of the Belfast Buildings Trust, at Carlisle Memorial Church in Belfast (Brian Lawless/PA)

At the request of the British Government, Charles and Camilla will travel to the south of the Republic for two days later this week.

Their itinerary includes the English Market in Cork City previously toured by the Queen during her groundbreaking 2011 visit, and Co Kerry, where they will see the ancestral home of 19th century Irish statesman Daniel O’Connell, Derrynane House.

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