Tunisia terror attacks: Black Country victims remembered at memorial service

Harry laid a wreath at the Innocent Victims Memorial on behalf of his grandmother the Queen as he gathered with survivors and families affected by the two atrocities in 2015.

He also delivered a reading during the central London service, which was conducted by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, and attended by David Cameron.

Three generations of one Black Country family died when talented 19-year-old football referee Joel Richards, his uncle Adrian Evans, 49, and grandfather Charles "Patrick" Evans, 78, were gunned down at the Tunisian resort town of Sousse. Joel's teenage brother Owen survived the attack.

Thirty Britons were among 38 people massacred in the attack in June last year - the worst incident of terrorism involving British people since the July 7 attacks in London in 2005.

Gunman Seifeddine Rezgui targeted holidaymakers on the beach and in a hotel before being shot dead by security forces. Terror group Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility.

Three months earlier, IS terrorists opened fire on tourists at the Bardo National Museum in the capital Tunis. Tourist Sally Adey, 57, from Caynton, near Shifnal, was among 22 people killed.

Members of public looked on outside the Abbey as Harry, wearing a dark blue suit, laid the wreath of white and yellow flowers before rising and bowing his head in a moment of silent reflection.

The circular stone and slate memorial was unveiled by the Queen in 1998 and created to remember victims of war, violence and oppression across the world.

During the service, Harry and the Prime Minister both read Bible passages, from Revelations and Isaiah respectively, before the 900-strong congregation.

The Very Reverend Dr Hall said: "We remember with thanksgiving those whose lives were brutally cut short.

"We honour the courage of those who survived and the families of those who suffered.

"We share our grief with victims of attacks from other countries and their families."

Family and friends of the victims placed 31 candles on the altar in memory of each of those who died, before their names were read aloud by BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner.

Mr Gardner, himself shot in a terrorist attack in 2004, also spoke during the service about his experiences.

He said: "The scars that we carry for things like this are in your head, more than anywhere else."

He added his daughter had taught him an important lesson, when she told him: "Dad, the people who did this to you, they are dead or in prison but you get to come on holiday with us."

The congregation sung the Lord's Prayer and the National Anthem to draw the memorial to a close.

Harry met with Abbey staff and Mr Gardner as he left the service.

The Government is to fund a permanent memorial dedicated to the victims of the Tunisian beach massacre, as well as creating a separate site of remembrance for all British nationals killed in terrorist atrocities overseas.