Prince of Wales meets Grenfell survivors & bereaved relatives

Ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire next month, the Prince of Wales has met survivors and relatives of those who died.

William visited Queens Park Rangers football club to hear how they provided support in the aftermath of the blaze in which 72 people died.

The site is less than a mile from QPR's Loftus Road ground in Shepherd's Bush, west London.

Andy Evan's is from the club's community trust;

We're just football and all we can do is support that community.

"One of the survivors said to Prince William that for the 90 minutes that they are having a game of football, that actually they forget about being a bereaved member of the community or a survivor.

The anniversaries come round, the cameras appear and then everyone forgets. The fact that he's come and visited and his interest is very genuine you can see that when he's talking to the survivors and bereaved."

Survivor Paul Menacer, 29, met William, president of the Football Association, with others who escaped from the tower block fire or lost loved ones in the blaze, in the stands at QPR.

Mr Menacer played in the Game 4 Grenfell match staged a few months after the fire at Loftus Road, that saw QPR's director of football Les Ferdinand manage a side which took on fellow former England striker Alan Shearer's players.

The 29-year-old has since masterminded the Grenfell Memorial Cup, a football event staged for the past two years, which it is hoped will become a permanent fixture - and William received an invitation to join in next year and a QPR shirt featuring a green Grenfell heart commemorating those who died.

Mr Menacer said about William's visit: "I think the most important thing from it is the fact that he's very adamant and very passionate about us as bereaved survivors getting justice...which I think is very very important."

He added: "The fact that we have someone in his position that is still wanting the justice and fight for us, and he made that perfectly clear to us as well that he hoped we can all get our own closures in our own sort of similar ways..."

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