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The 91-year - old Queen visited the injured in hospital on Thursday. But where were the young royals? No sign of William, Kate or harry. Surely their presence would have been a huge boost for victims. Or were they all hungover after Pippa’s wedding?

If, aS some in their community have suggested, the bomber’s family were such a civic-minded bunch, why didn’t his mother immediately call the police when her son called her asking for forgive - ness hours before he blew up dozens of innocents?

LaST week the headlines were all condemning another child killer, Ian Brady . Yet some of our Liberal elite insist Salman abedi was a victim of our wars. It’s time to demand communities protecting potential child murderers cough them up. There should be no succour for an ideology that believes killing kids is a fast track to heaven.