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King, Queen and Prince William to visit Aberfan on 60th anniversary of disaster
Coal slurry crashed into Pantglas Junior School in Aberfan, killing 116 children and 28 adults, when a colliery waste tip collapsed in 1966
The King, Queen and Prince of Wales are set to visit Aberfan later this month to mark the 60th anniversary of the disaster which killed 116 children and 28 adults.
Pantglas Junior School and surrounding houses in the village near Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, were catastrophically engulfed in coal slurry after the colliery spoil tip collapsed on 21 October 1966.
King Charles III, Queen Camilla and Prince William will join survivors, bereaved parents and members of the community on the anniversary to pay tribute to those who died.
The royals will visit the Aberfan Memorial Garden which stands on the site of the primary school, and go to the Aberfan and Merthyr Vale Community Centre.
Late Queen Elizabeth II's reaction to the disaster in Aberfan was said to be one of the biggest regrets of her 70-year reign.
A short prayer and a moment of silence will be held in the memorial garden, and King Charles and Prince William will lay wreaths. Queen Camilla will place a posy in memory of those who were lost.
During the visit to the community centre they will meet retired emergency service workers who helped respond to the coal tip collapse, including a 96-year-old woman who was a police officer at the time.
They will also look at an exhibition that shows the huge scale of the rescue effort.
The late Queen Elizabeth returned to Aberfan four times following her first visit eight days after the tragedy