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The Queen and Aberfan
Justin Webb explores the Queen鈥檚 relationship with Aberfan after the 1966 tragedy.
On 21st October 1966, a mountain of coal waste slid onto Pantglas school in Aberfan, South Wales. 116 children and 28 adults were killed.
The Queen went again and again to Aberfan - her last visit was in 2012.
Today's Justin Webb spoke to one of the survivors, Jeff Edwards, the last child pulled from the rubble on that fateful day.
(Image credits: Press Association, PA Wire)
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