11+ Aberfan Wales 1966 Queen PNG. On october 21, 1966, it had been raining heavily for a week in aberfan, a small mining town in south wales, which queen elizabeth ii visits aberfan in wales, a few days after a coal tip collapsed on the local school. 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.

Of a giant floral cross on the hill overlooking aberfan.

It was one of britain's darkest days and the queen's response would haunt her. Queen elizabeth ii laying a wreath to commemorate the victims of the aberfan disaster of 1966, years later in september of 1973. Titled aberfan, the episode gives the viewer a look inside the catastrophic collapse that devastated the community of aberfan, south wales, in 1966. The queen and prince philip visit aberfan in 1966 in the aftermath of the disaster.