Prince Harry Honors Victims of Terror Attacks

Prince Harry made a solemn tribute to the Britons who lost their lives in two terrorist attacks in Tunisia on Monday.

Harry, 34, went to Birmingham, in the English Midlands, to attend a dedication ceremony of the official memorial to the victims of two terrorist attacks that took place in Tunisia in 2015.

Overlooking the boating lake in Cannon Hill Park, the main sculpture is called “Infinite Wave” – a single wave consisting of 31 individual streams. Together, they represent the British nationals killed in the Bardo Museum attack in March 2015 and the Sousse attack in June 2015. The two attacks killed 60 people total.

Seven people were sentenced to life in prison in Februarythis link opens in a new tab for the attacks. The families of the deceased were consulted on plans for the memorial that Harry visited Monday. The U.K.’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office hopes the site will be a place of “remembrance, commemoration and reflection for the families of those injured and killed.”

Addressing an audience of about 200 family and friends of victims’ families and survivors, Harry said, “In memory of all those who lost their lives, and to the families whose lives were changed forever by these events, I would like to pay my deepest respects to you, and officially dedicate this memorial to your loved ones.”

He then laid a single white rose at the memorial’s centerpiece.

among those killed were three members of the same family: Charles Patrick Evans, 78, his son Adrian Evans, 49, and grandson Joel Richards, 19.

Joel’s brother Owen Richards, then 16, survived and was later praised for his bravery at the scene.

Owen, now 19, and his mother Suzanne spoke with Prince Harry after the ceremony.

“This memorial is fantastic, and it means we have a place to come and all be together,” said Suzanne. “Owen and I set up a charity in Joel’s memory. We gave Harry a ‘Smile for Joel’ bear for  Baby Sussex. He was very pleased and said, ‘Lovely, thank you.’ “

Suzanne also shared her fears as a mother with Prince Harry.

“I told him I worry about Owen, as his mom, and he said Owen needs to talk about all he’s been through,” she shared.

Owen, 19, who’s studying sports science, added, “Harry said when he was younger he had people telling him he needed to talk about it [the death of his mother] but he shrugged it off. He said it wasn’t until much later he took up the help.

“He said, ‘It’s really important to to talk about it, and don’t bottle it up.’