The Prince and Princess of Wales headed to Aberfan in South Wales to pay their respects to the families who lost children in the 1966 disaster BEN BIRCHALL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Prince William and ...

At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South Wales. What began as a typical morning 56 years ago escalated quickly ...

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Catching up on previous seasons of The Crown before diving into season five? If you're in search of information about the real life Aberfan disaster, read on for our story from 2019: On October 21, ...

While paying her respects to the 144 people who died, most of whom were children, at the site of the 1966 Aberfan landslide, Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, on Friday had her handbag snatched by a ...

Children, and schools, are potent symbols of victimhood in industrial disasters. In the case of historical industrial disasters such as Aberfan and Flixborough, and in terms of preparation for future ...

The in-depth story of the 1966 Aberfan Mine Disaster. Early on October 21, 1966, 140,000 cubic yards of coal waste from the nearby mine slid from the hill above the Aberfan and buried all the ...

The miners of Durham still sing an old song with the grim, true refrain: "There is blood, blood on the coal." In Aberfan it is the blood of children. Massive disaster has produced the same effects as ...

The return of Netflix's hit drama "The Crown" after a two-year hiatus spotlights a dark chapter in modern British history: the Aberfan disaster. The third season charts the royal family between 1964 ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales headed to Aberfan in South Wales to pay their respects to the families who lost children in the 1966 disaster Kate Middleton and Prince William are paying respects to ...