Jill Gallard, from Omagh, is the UK's Ambassador to Germany
A top Northern Irish diplomat is proud to have led the team that organised King Charles' first overseas visit as the UK monarch.The Co Tyrone woman said: “To be the first Ambassador to accompany the new King abroad was such a privilege and real career highlight.“I actually met him on my first overseas posting when I was based at the British Embassy in Madrid and oversaw his visit to Seville in 1995.
“People are still talking to me about the standing ovation the King received after his speech at the German parliament, nearly half of which he did in German. The front page of Der Bild was ‘Cool King’. Jill and her team have just supported a visit by the UK’s Minister for Europe Leo Docherty to sign a new Bavarian-British partnership declaration in Munich. More than one third of total British investment in Germany comes to Bavaria – nearly £25billion.
She recalled: “I’ll never forget speaking to a German gentleman in the crowd waving a Union Jack on day two in Berlin, who had met Her Late Majesty The Queen on her last state visit in 2015. He told me he was determined to be there because the Queen had shaken his hand. She said: “My phone was out of control because my cousins and family were all watching it live on TV.
The Summit is part of efforts to support the Prime Minister’s commitment to grow the economy, turn the UK into a tech and science superpower, and make us the best place in Europe to invest. Berlin-based Jill’s background has helped her explain the need for changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol in the run-up to the Windsor Agreement following the UK’s decision to leave the EU.
“The fact I can give lots of real-life examples of how it’s affected me and my family and friends, it’s maybe helped the German public understand the issues a bit more.” “When I was young, nobody visited Belfast because of the Troubles and something like playing host to the One Young World Summit would have been unimaginable.
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