Prince Charles visits Lord Mountbatten 1979 IRA murder site

Prince Charles has visited the place in the Republic of Ireland where his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten was murdered by the IRA in 1979.

It is the first time he has visited Mullaghmore in County Sligo.

The IRA detonated a bomb on a fishing boat at Mullaghmore on 27 August 1979, killing Lord Mountbatten, his 14-year-old grandson, Nicholas Knatchbull, and 15-year-old Paul Maxwell. The Dowager Lady Brabourne died of her injuries the day after the attack.

He said the murder of his great-uncle and three others had given him a profound understanding of how people affected by the Troubles suffered.

BBC News NI's Mark Simpson reports.