Does the Queen Visit Aberfan Every Year?

Sophia Al-Mansoor
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The Queen Has Since Returned to Aberfan Four More Times. "The People Here Admire Her and I Think They Have a Strong Affinity with Her," Coun Edwards, a...

Does the Queen Visit Aberfan Every Year?

The Queen has since returned to Aberfan four more times.
"The people here admire her and I think they have a strong affinity with her," Coun Edwards, a surviver of the disaster, said in 2002. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive to officially opened Ynysowen Community Primary School in Aberfan in 2012.

How many times has the Queen visit Aberfan?

Throughout her life, the Queen visited Aberfan another four times.

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When did Queen Elizabeth visit Aberfan?

The Queen silently comforted a woman for half an hour after learning she had lost seven relatives in the Aberfan tragedy, a royal biographer has claimed. Her Majesty, 93, visited the Welsh mining village on October 29 1966, eight days after a devastating avalanche of slurry killed 144 people, including 116 children.

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