In a 'priceless' moment for onlookers, Kate allowed baby Daniel to keep and play with her handbag. The boy's family praised the royal for how she handled the curious child. The Prince and Princess of Wales were in Aberfan to pay their respects to those killed in the 1966 tragedy.
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The couple also met trustees from the Aberfan Memorial Trust who maintain the garden and spoke to some of the Aberfan Wives group who lost relatives in the incident.Image:- William's late grandmother - visited the site eight days after the disaster and after a mass funeral had taken place.
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