When Jeff Edwards heard the news that Queen Elizabeth died on Thursday, September 8 he was "overcome by emotion and cried". That's because the 64-year-old had a special and personal connection to the late monarch.
At just eight years old he was one of 240 schoolchildren at Pantglas Junior School when a coal waste tip came crashing down the mountainside, engulfing the school and 19 homes. Out of the 144 people killed, 116 were children.
In the aftermath of the disaster, the Queen waited eight days to visit and meet with people who had been affected - a decision she was always said to have regretted. The delay attracted criticism and years later the Queen's former private secretary, the late Lord Charteris, said he felt he had given her poor advice.
