London — Survivors of London’s Grenfell Tower fire disaster joined relatives of the dead on Thursday in poignant tributes to the 71 killed in the residential block inferno one year ago.In a church service near the charred shell of the tower, grieving families, many in tears, clutched white roses and images of their loved ones lost in Britain’s deadliest domestic fire since the Second World War.The names of the dead were read out and candles lit in their memory. Many mourners were dressed in green, the adopted colour of the tragedy.As Britain held a national minute’s silence at midday, members of parliament stood in the House of Commons with their heads bowed.Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a green outfit, stood alongside her grandson Prince Harry’s wife Meghan on a visit to Cheshire, northwest England.Graham Tomlin, the Bishop of Kensington who was among the service leaders at St Helen’s Church in North Kensington, west London, said the memorial was a chance for people to mourn together...
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