The King, who had made his unhappiness at the behaviour of the Black and Tans in Ireland well known to his government, was dissatisfied with the official speech prepared for him for the opening of the new Parliament of Northern Ireland, created as a result of the partition of Ireland.
Der König, dessen Unzufriedenheit über das Vorgehen der Black and Tans in seiner Regierung bekannt war, war nicht erfreut, das neugeschaffene nordirische Parlament im Lichte der Teilung Irlands zu eröffnen.