>>> over the years just a few handshakes have erve made history. sadat and begin. this one in northern ireland . it didn't look likely in our lifetime. michelle kosinski has more on the queen's history making visit.
>> reporter: a simple handshake that meant so much, the queen of england and martin mcguinness in a friendly meeting today in belfast. pictures allowed but no sound. it once would have been unthinkable. for decades trouble in northern ireland divided catholics and protestants, separatists and loyalists. the i.r.a. led a bloody fight again irish rule, more than 3,000 people died, including the queen's cousin, lord mountbatten killed on his boat in 1979 . in the town of enniskillen where the king visited yesterday, a 1937 bombing killed 11, among them marie wilson who died in her father's arms.
>> she said, daddy, i love you very much. those were the last words she spoke.
>> reporter: he forgave the bombers, what began a long process of reconciliation. today's handshake mattered.
>> absolutely clear evidence the political process is here to stay. there's no going back.
>> reporter: still security today was tight in a society for years has been divided between republicans and unionist, unionists themselves remained defiant. something rare happened in northern ireland . a moment of peace and goodwill worthy of this queen's jubilee year. michelle
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