Queen Elizabeth At Wales Mining Disaster
The aberfan disaster killed 144 people including 116 children.
Queen elizabeth at wales mining disaster. The day when 116 children and 28 adults died in aberfan south wales after rain soaked coal waste slipped down a mountain engulfing a school was one of the most harrowing events in queen. She s said her delayed response is the biggest regret of her reign. Season three of the crown portrays a mining town disaster where 116 children and 28 adults were killed. The crown season 3 tells the story of the tragedy and queen elizabeth ii s visit eight days later.
On october 21 1966 a mining accident occurred in the south wales village of aberfan. The disaster is depicted. It has been said that queen elizabeth s biggest regret is her response to the aberfan mining disaster. The crown season 3 depicts the aberfan disaster and queen elizabeth s olivia colman reaction.
It was october 21 in 1966 and rain was falling heavily on aberfan a small mining village in south wales. The queen sent a message of. The crown season 3 tells the story of the tragedy and queen elizabeth ii s visit eight days later. Here s why it took her eight days to visit as depicted in the crown season 3.
Despite the magnitude of the calamity queen elizabeth ii at first. On october 21 1966 a mining accident occurred in the south wales village of aberfan. The tragedy in aberfan would become one of the united kingdom s worst mining disasters and it was completely avoidable. Queen elizabeth ii visits aberfan in wales a few days after a coal tip collapsed on the local school killing 141 children and four adults.