Queen Elizabeth Wales Aberfan

However according to sally bechdel smith s biography elizabeth the queen her decision was a practical.

Queen elizabeth wales aberfan. As the show correctly depicts at first queen elizabeth ii neglected to visit aberfan sending prince philip instead. Queen elizabeth ii did not go to aberfan in south wales until eight days after the incident. She ended up visiting the village almost a week after the. The tragedy in aberfan would become one of the united kingdom s worst mining disasters and it was completely avoidable.

On october 21 1966 a mining accident occurred in the south wales village of aberfan. 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. The crown season 3 tells the story of the tragedy and queen elizabeth ii s visit eight days later. How did the aberfan disaster happen.

Despite the magnitude of the calamity queen elizabeth ii at first. The queen and prince philip travelled to aberfan to pay their respects to the deceased and their loved ones on 29 october 1966 a day after the final victim was recovered from the debris. 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.