'The distance between life and death is a matter of inches': Final surviving child of the Aberfan disaster that killed 144 recalls tragedy that haunted Queen Elizabeth II

Daily Mail - Oct 20, 2026

His blond hair was the last glimmer of hope for a survivor in Aberfan after a tragedy so severe struck the close-knit mining community that it haunted Welsh society and Queen Elizabeth II.

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