'VERY WICKED'
The Queen reveals anger at Manchester bomber Salman Abedi as she visits injured suicide attack victims and hero medics
THE Queen called the Manchester suicide bomber "very wicked" as she visited the injured victims of the terror attack and met emergency workers.
Her Maj spoke to doctors and nurses in the corridors of the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital before being taken to meet some of the 64 people wounded at Manchester Arena.
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The monarch met Millie Robson, 15, from Co Durham, who was hurt in the blast, and her mum Marie and dad David.
Millie – sitting in her hospital bed in an Ariana Grande T-shirt – told the Queen how she met the pop star backstage before the gig after winning a competition.
She was on her way to the exit to meet her dad when the bomb went off.
The Queen told David: “It's not something you expect at all.”
She also met 14-year-old Evie Mills from Harrogate, and her parents, Karen and Craig.
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Speaking to Evie and her family, she said: “It's dreadful. Very wicked, to target that sort of thing.”
Evie has also been visited by Theresa May since being rushed to hospital with leg and chest injuries.
Pictures of her being treated by medics were shared in the hours after the attack by her father, who said this had been “the scariest 24 hours of his life”.
The worried dad wrote on Facebook this week: “The good news is the surgery went well, it's rest all day tomorrow but needs another operation Thursday. Love you Evie Mills.”
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A total of 14 children remain at the hospital, including five who are critical.
The Queen's visit came after the nation paused earlier today to honour the victims of the attack with a minute’s silence at 11am.
In Manchester the focus fell on the city’s St. Ann’s Square where floral tributes have been mounting since the atrocity on Monday night which cost 22 lives.
Lord Mayor of Manchester Eddy Newman, council leader Sir Richard Leese, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester Warren Smith attended the memorial event there.
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Recent days have seen locals stream to the site to inspect the dedications to the dead and the injured and the messages of defiance from a city determined overcome the horror it has suffered.
Boxer Ricky Hatton this morning delivered a bouquet.
The scene was also played out across the country with workers and police officers at Glasgow Central Station joining Manchester in observing the silence.
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