Queen Elizabeth II made a visit to a children’s hospital to meet with survivors of the bombing at an Ariana Grande concert this week.
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has told children injured in the Manchester bombing that the attack was « dreadful and wicked » as she visited a children’s hospital to meet victims, families and medical staff.
The 91-year-old monarch told 14-year-old Evie Mills and her parents: « It’s dreadful. Very wicked, to target that sort of thing. » She also chatted and shook hands with hospital staff, and told the father of another teenager at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital: « It’s not something you expect at all. »
Twelve children under the age of 16 were taken to the hospital by ambulance following Monday’s attack at Manchester Arena, where pop star Ariana Grande was finishing a concert when a powerful bomb killed 22 .
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