Among all the guests at the coronation, Michelle O’Neill’s presence was so innocuous, it was to the rest of the world unremarkable. Wearing her light blue suit, pink clutch bag in hand, chatting freely with the other dignitaries, she seemed a mild-mannered, affable politician, curious to the events of that unusual day, ready for a party. And yet, as with all things royal, the personal is intermingled with the political.