British Monarchs visit is a violation of Irish Sovereignty.

British Monarchs visit is a violation of Irish Sovereignty.


32 County Sovereignty Movement



The announcement that the British Monarch is to pay a state visit to the Twenty Six Counties represents the final chapter in the current process of legitimising partition. Contrary to the establishments view the visit does not represent a gesture in friendly relations between two neighbouring states but rather a confirmation by both states that British sovereignty over the Six Counties is absolute. The Irish are in their place.

There are those who will predictably welcome this visit; others will feign indifference to avoid addressing their own complicity in bringing this final chapter to a close. Their inability to articulate a coherent, principled argument against what this visit represents demonstrates just how compromised they are. This visit is not premature, nor irrelevant; it is a deliberate political statement telling the Irish people that the Proclamation is null and void.

The Proclamation is not an aspirational document but a statement of sovereign intent. The Declaration Of Independence was the democratic ratification of that intent and we stand firmly behind this. The national narrative since its abandonment has been one of division amongst our people, a subservience to religious doctrine, financial speculators and vested interests. Partition and the Proclamation cannot be reconciled and those who either cheerlead for this visit or are incapable of opposing it have allied themselves with the former.

Ireland’s sovereignty does not end at the border and the restoration of our national sovereignty can only be achieved by removing that border. The 32 County Sovereignty Movement call on all republicans to oppose this visit and to expose the true political and constitutional intent behind it.