Queen Elizabeth Ii Wales Disaster

Queen elizabeth ii broke down in tears after visiting a disaster zone where she met survivors in the welsh village of aberfan in 1966.

Queen elizabeth ii wales disaster. As the show correctly depicts at first queen elizabeth ii neglected to visit aberfan sending prince philip instead. Here s why it took her eight days to visit as depicted in the crown season 3. The aberfan disaster killed 144 people including 116 children. By claire anderson published.

The crown season 3 tells the story of the tragedy and queen elizabeth ii s visit eight days later. The tragedy in aberfan would become one of the united kingdom s worst mining disasters and it was completely avoidable. The aberfan disaster killed 144 people including 116 children. Queen elizabeth ii played by olivia colman did not immediately visit the village but she eventually decided to go eight days later and ended up returning several times throughout her life.

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. 06 30 wed jul 22 2020. Britain s queen elizabeth ii pictured in 2007 said her response to the aberfan disaster was her biggest regret.

She ended up visiting the village almost a week after the. More than half a century on the devastation that befell the welsh village was portrayed in the third season of the crown which stars olivia colman as the middle aged queen elizabeth ii.