King tells Aberfan survivors they will 'always be in our hearts' 60 years after 116 children and 28 adults died
Prince William joins survivors and the bereaved marking 60 years since 150,000 tonnes of slurry engulfed Pantglas Junior School, killing 116 children and 28 adults.King Charles, Queen Camilla, and the Prince of Wales pay their respects at Aberfan, where Deputy Head Dai Beynon died shielding pupils with a blackboard and none of the 34 children in his class survived.
King Charles met Jeff Edwards, the last child pulled alive from the rubble, whom the late Queen remembered as 'the little boy with blond hair'. Mair Morgan, the last surviving teacher of Pantglas Junior School, was also among the families. Charles said hearing their testimonies had been 'profoundly humbling'. Prince William is later expected to unveil the new Aberfan Memorial Tree at Ynysowen Community Primary School.
A 76-day inquiry blamed the National Coal Board, yet nobody was prosecuted or even demoted.
Deputy head Dai Beynon shielded pupils with a blackboard, but he and all 34 children died.
Survivor David Davies, eight, was laid among the dead until someone saw his foot move.
