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Watch: Kate and William told ‘Ireland Belongs To The Irish’

Kate Middleton was confronted by a woman saying the Princess of Wales is not in her country on a Royal visit to Northern Ireland.

On a walkabout in north Belfast on Thursday, the princess and her husband Prince William shook hands with locals on their first trip since taking their new titles.

But the Princess of Wales was not entirely welcomed. One woman told her: “Nice to meet you but it would be better if it was when you were in your own country.

“Ireland belongs to the Irish.”

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