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Prince Charles to visit peace centre in Northern Ireland

Prince Charles will visit Northern Ireland's oldest peace and reconciliation centre later today concluding his visit to the region.

The daughter of Lord Mountbatten, who was killed by an IRA bomb in August 1979, has supported the Corrymeela Centre for years in its work with victims of violence on all sides of the Troubles.

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Prince Charles to visit scene of his great uncle's murder

Prince Charles' trip to Ireland will take an emotional turn today when he visits the site where his great uncle Lord Mountbatten was assassinated.

Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will travel to Mullaghmore, County Sligo, where Louis Mountbatten was killed along with three others when a bomb was detonated on his boat on 27 August, 1979.

Prince Charles will visit Mullaghmore, County Sligo, later today. Credit: Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA Wire

After a prayer service for peace and reconciliation in nearby Drumcliffe, the Prince of Wales will meet some of those who were in the seaside village on the day of the atrocity, and others who pulled survivors from the Atlantic.

On his arrival in Mullaghmore, Charles will meet locals and look around the village's "peace garden" before attending a private engagement in the Pier Head Hotel where the bodies of the dead and injured were treated once ashore.

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