Queen Visits Wales Mining Disaster

On october 21 1966 a mining accident occurred in the south wales village of aberfan.

Queen visits wales mining disaster. As the show correctly depicts at first queen elizabeth ii neglected to visit aberfan sending prince philip instead. Inside the harrowing aberfan mining disaster and its effect on queen elizabeth the queen didn t visit the site of the coal mining village tragedy until eight days after it occurred. Wales had become famous for coal mining during the industrial. She ended up visiting the village almost a week after the.

Aberfan merthyr tydfil wales landscape with crowds in the foreground showing the disaster area. The queen and duke looking at the disaster scene from. The crown season 3 tells the story of the tragedy and queen elizabeth ii s visit eight days later. 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. It has been said that queen elizabeth s biggest regret is her response to the aberfan mining disaster. Aberfan is a former coal mining village in the south wales taff valley near merthyr tydfil. The series takes on the queen s infamously stoic attitude in episode 3 when she visits the site of the tragic aberfan mining accident where 116 children were killed and sheds what according.

Welsh historian peter stead described the disaster as one that takes us to the heart of the welsh. Here s why it took her eight days to visit as depicted in the crown season 3.