At midday yesterday, whilst on an official visit to Cheshire, The Queen and The Duchess of Sussex observed a 72 second silence in memory of the people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire, to mark the first anniversary of the tragedy.
While in Cheshire, they visited Storyhouse, an arts centre and community centre in Chester, which holds a library, theatre and cinema and runs over 2,000 activities per year for local communities. Whilst there, The Queen and The Duchess visited the children’s library and watched a performance by ‘Fallen Angels’, a dance theatre company for people in recovery from addiction.