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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bronwen Weatherby

Aberfan Wife’s letter reveals no hard feelings over late Queen’s delayed visit

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A letter sent to the King by one of the Aberfan Wives has revealed there were no hard feelings over Queen Elizabeth II’s delayed visit to the disaster site.

The tragedy that struck in 1966 when a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School and left 116 children and 28 adults dead was one of the UK’s worst disasters.

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