They are standing outside Mount Stewart House, near Newtownards, County Down, the ancestral seat of the Marquesses of Londonderry.
Charles is grandson of the late Lady Mairi Bury and great-grandson of the 7th Marquess and Marchioness.
Charles and Craig were on the Conservative campaign trail in the constituency of Strangford and, indeed, lunched at Mount Stewart in between canvassing in Comber and Newtownards.
Most of the Londonderrys (namely 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 8th Marquesses) were Conservative & Unionist Members of Parliament.
Craig Whittaker was in Northern Ireland for about a week.
The Northern Ireland Assembly election will be held on Thursday, 2nd March, 2017.
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In fact the 5th Marquess of Londonderry was also a Conservative MP before succeeding to the peerage title - he was the MP for North Durham constituency for several years. So, eight successive Marquesses of Londonderry were Conservative and Unionist MPs.
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