My entire family went on a boat trip that they never returned from
A memorial has been unveiled to honor the 15 victims of the 1966 Prince of Wales boat disaster in Gwynedd, Wales. Peter Watts, who lost his entire immediate family in the tragedy, reflected on the event 60 years later.
Why it matters
The story highlights the long-term psychological impact of historical tragedies on survivors and the importance of community remembrance.
Image caption, Peter Watts was just 14-years-old when he lost his mother, father, brother and sister in the boating disaster
"It's something you don't get over - you learn to live with it."
Sixty years ago, Peter Watts' entire family was killed in a boating tragedy that shocked the nation.
His nine-year-old sister Angela, 10-year-old brother David, mother Doreen and father Frederick George, along with 11 others, died when the Prince of Wales pleasure boat sank on the Mawddach Estuary in Gwynedd on 22 July, 1966.
Now, a memorial recalling the names of the 15 people who lost their lives has been unveiled.
It was another chance for Peter to travel from the village he grew up in, near Milton Keynes, to the picturesque estuary where the catastrophe unfolded.
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