The memorial garden, opened by the late Queen in 1974, stands on the site of the former school and commemorates the victims of the disaster. William's late grandmother visited Aberfan eight days ...

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 ...

The late Queen Elizabeth II 'did the right thing' by waiting over a week before visiting Aberfan following the 1966 disaster, a former mountain rescuer told the Prince of Wales today.

“The one thing I recall about the Aberfan disaster was the arrival of the Queen and how it made her cry,” Sir Mansel Aylward said in 2012. Aylward was a doctor who had come to Aberfan to help ...

Mirrorpix//Getty Images The Queen would eventually visit Aberfan on October 29, 1966, eight days after the disaster. In truth, some locals didn't even notice that she wasn't there immediately ...

The devastating event – which became known as the Aberfan disaster – resulted in 144 people losing their lives, 116 of whom were children. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip travelled to Aberfan to ...

A Lifelong Service The Queen returned to Aberfan seven years after the disaster on March 7, 1973 to open its new community centre where she made a speech and laid a wreath at the Memorial Gardens.

The devastating event – which became known as the Aberfan disaster – resulted in 144 people losing their lives, 116 of whom were children. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip travelled to ...