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That photo: Cork fishmonger Pat O'Connell with Queen Elizabeth in May. Valerie O'Sullivan/Maxwells
Me and the Queen
Iconic photo of Queen's Cork visit signed and sent to Buckingham Palace
Fishmonger Pat O’Connell has signed the photograph of himself and Queen Elizabeth that was one of the most iconic images from the monarch’s historic visit last May.
THE NOW FAMOUS photo of Queen Elizabeth and a Cork fishmonger grinning as she visited the city’s English Market earlier this year has been signed by the fishmonger and sent to Buckingham Palce.
The British embassy has confirmed to TheJournal.ie that the ambassador requested the photo be signed by fishmonger Pat O’Connell and that it has now been sent to Buckingham Palace.
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Taken by freelance photographer Valerie O’Sullivan for Maxwells, the photo has become one of the outstanding images of the monarch’s historic four-day visit to Ireland which was rounded off with a trip to Cork where she was warmly received by the natives.
O’Connell told the Irish Times that the British ambassador Julian King had recently called to his stall to ask him to sign the photo and revealed he signed it with a small message saying how successful her visit had been and wishing her well for the future.
He added it was a bit of a shock to think that he was asked to sign a photo of himself and the Queen.
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People calling her “bitter” and a “sore loser”, maybe she’s right and is bravely speaking her mind? Be interesting to see if any of the other Roses back her up.
Uppity young wans getting a holiday to Ireland, some nice jewellry and a hairdo and they have the absolute GALL to complain that they’re being treated like shop dummies? Next year they’ll have to do some serious work on the prelims. Only bland Rosebots with no opinions will permitted into the finals. The Lovely Girls competition cannot be permitted to come into the 21st century.
I hear ya Daisy. I don’t watch it, but the show has huge potential, although they have to ensure it doesn’t turn into a complete cringe fest. Articulate, passionate and educated young women should be encouraged to showcase their talents, not asked what colour underwear they’re wearing before they go on stage.
Sour grapes. The rules stated that not all roses would be chosen for the live show. Get over yourself. You had a week in Tralee that you wouldn’t have got in other years.
“It’s just a shame that television viewing numbers become more important than the truly amazing girls that got hurt and that now have to deal with the emotional trauma of the whole, quite frankly disgusting and cruel, ordeal.”.
To be fair, it’s a show by a business and I would expect it’s a fairly costly show to put on as well, unless those “truly amazing girls” want to pay for the show too, the money has to come from somewhere.
It’s a business that has the escorts raising €1500 for the privilege of taking part (1500 X 65 = €97,500). How much are the Roses charged and half of them don’t even get to be on the telly?
That’s fair but realistically €97K isn’t a huge amount in relation to what the show likely costs to produce, I’d say that wouldn’t even half cover the venue let alone staff, equipment, broadcast fees etc
Its a lovely lady competion. They are there to represent the rose of tralee commitee at various fuctions around the world. No one said they cant have their opnions but this is not the stage for it. If you dont want to be a lovwly lady then dont enter. Bit like being in tje miss univerese comp and not wearing a bikini. It is what it is.
Im getting sick to death of people trying to constantly knock the ROT.
I guarantee you if the competition was the Rose of Dublin you would not would be seeing this crap
As a blow in that has worked and lived in or around Tralee for 30 years I must admit I have a lot of respect for the Rose of Tralee!! It’s not a beauty contest and generally the winning Rose seems to be an incredibly grounded individual with a great personality – which is great to see in a modern era that seems to be guided more by image than substance! ! I think the Rose committee will asses their procedures for dealing with Roses on a continual basis if the past is anything to go by! It is nice to see what in essence is a personality contest remain as pure as possible – it’s not a Political pedestal and not a beauty contest – I hope it always keeps the values it has at present!
Why is RTE so unwilling and unable to separate the mandate of Public Service Broadcasting from the commercial and parochial demands of a Kerry tourist advertisement?
I think this young lady is right those questions and the timing of those interviews straight after being told you didn’t make the cut was typical of a donkey from RTE who most lightly hails from Dublin .The other side of the coin is it was their first year with 65 contestants and I think lessons have been learned and if not maybe their should a cut in the guys and girls running it.
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