PRINCE BRINGS OUT THE CROWDS

Monaco visitor wants to return to Drogheda ‘very soon’

PRINCE Albert II of Monaco has said he would love to return to Drogheda after declaring that he was ‘infinitely grateful’ for the dedication of a rose garden in his mother’s memory.

He spent a number of hours in the town on Friday, meeting many people who shared fond memories of his mother and father, Prince Rainier, who visited Drogheda in 1961.

That included 95-year-old Sr. Jude Walsh who helped organise their tour of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital 56 years ago.

Kevin Dignam, who drove the princess during that visit, also met him.