7/7

I listened with interest to the Memorial speeches made by Tessa Jowell and Prince Charles at the unveiling of the 52 steel columned sculpture in Hyde Park today. The nameless pillars represent the 52 killed by the terrorist bombing of the tube and bus in the summer of 2005 and I found the whole ceremony to be a profoundly moving and well judged affair . I must also add that Charles' speech was particularly well balanced and appropriate , he obviously deliberated long and hard over his words and unlike the more flowery and Hollywood phrases spoken by Jowell, his speech was simple and personal