“I well remember my own visit with Prince Philip after the disaster, and the posy I was given by a young girl, which bore the heart-breaking inscription, ‘From the remaining children of Aberfan’. In 2012 the Queen opened Ynysowen Community Primary School in Aberfan. Video, 00:01:18, Macron leads vigil for beheaded history teacher, Biden or Trump? The Duke of Edinburgh visited the Welsh village the day after the disaster, which happened on October 21 1966. ‘Perhaps they’ll miss some poor child that might have been found under the wreckage.’, To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web “I asked the Queen to come here and open the new school because it represents a new generation of young people in the community.”. He gave the Queen a book – Aberfan: The Days After, A Journey In Pictures – a record of the devastation featuring a picture of him as a boy amid the coal dirt on the cover. browser that Section BBC News. The school’s 270 pupils gave her and Prince Philip a flag-waving welcome, and a traditional Welsh doll.

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Reaction to Trump and Biden's final debate clash, US gives full approval for remdesivir Covid drug, Composer with dementia meets students he inspired. The Crown is available now on Netflix UK. Her visit symbolised a fresh generation of hope in the Welsh village, once described in a newspaper headline as “death’s dark vale” after a slagheap collapse engulfed a school and surrounding houses, killing 116 children and 28 adults on October 21, 1966. supports HTML5 Speaking to WalesOnline in 2006 Snowdon said he felt: ‘the Welsh should stick together’ and because he was Welsh he, ‘just got on a train and went straight down.’. ”People will be looking after me,’ she said according to Smith. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Lord Charteris also revealed it was a rare time that the Queen made a mistake. 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Video, 00:03:25, Biden or Trump? This was the most infamous coal disaster of the second half of the 20th century. Amid the worldwide shock and grief over the deaths almost 46 years ago, the Queen was criticised for waiting eight days to visit the scene of the catastrophe. Princess Margaret’s husband at the time, Lord Snowdon, who will feature prominently in the current season of The Crown, also visited Aberfan of his own accord. Actors were also seen carrying funeral wreaths through the streets. order back issues and use the historic Daily Express .css-8h1dth-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-8h1dth-Link:hover,.css-8h1dth-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking.
Black and white photos show the Queen looking sombre during the emotional visit as she met with villagers. Published. Persuading an undecided voter. Black and white photos show the Queen looking sombre during the emotional visit as she met with villagers. Persuading an undecided voter. At Ynysowen Community Primary School yesterday on the second and final day of her Diamond Jubilee tour of Wales, she unveiled a plaque commemorating her fourth visit to the village since the disaster. When asked if the monarch had ever put a foot wrong, he responded: “Aberfan”. To celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, we look back into the BBC Wales archives for some moments from the last 60 years and visits to Wales.
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