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Allyson Horn in Wales

The Aberfan disaster devastated an entire community, but for Jeff Edwards it began a lifelong bond with the Queen

Jeff Edwards broke down in tears as he remembered the day more than 100 of his classmates died, right next to him.

He was eight years-old when a coal tip collapsed on his school in the small Welsh village of Aberfan.

Mr Edwards said he was buried for several hours, before being the last person pulled alive from the rubble.

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