Britain's Queen Elizabeth makes donation to Beslan siege victims

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2004

LONDON (AFP) — Britain's Queen Elizabeth made a personal donation to the British Red Cross to help victims of the Russian Beslan school siege tragedy.

She gave an undisclosed sum to the charity's crisis appeal which will support survivors and families of those that died in the horrific terrorist attack in North Ossetia, the organisation said.

"We got the donation from the Queen today," a British Red Cross spokeswoman said Tuesday.

"We're really delighted," the spokeswoman said. "It's a terrible tragedy that obviously touched thousands of people throughout the country including the queen."

The money will be used to attend to survivors' emergency and long-term medical needs, helping children and others left injured or physically disabled.

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