Kate Middleton, 41, and Prince William, 40, were somber as they visited the Aberfan Memorial Garden, which is located on the site where Pantglas school which was tragically destroyed in 1966.
During the walkabout at the Aberfan memorial garden in Wales, the Princess of Wales spoke with mother Lucy Williams - who was holding her one-year-old son Daniel.
Former Pantglas Primary School pupils Gareth Jones, 63, and Gaynor Madgwick, both cheated death in October 1966 when disaster struck the mining village in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
Daniel Williams (left), one, was with his mother Lucy (right), 30, when he started playing with the buckle on the Princess of Wales's £695 bag as she chatted with the crowds in Aberfan, South Wales.
God had to teach Moses to comfort the people in their time of suffering; Queen Elizabeth learned from the people themselves. Both model how leadership should work
A disaster at Aberfan, a small Welsh community, almost 60 years ago forged an unusual link between the community and the queen. The atmosphere there today — quiet grief coupled with brief flashes of dissent — encapsulates the national mood.