A former member of the Parachute Regiment whose mother was killed by the Official IRA in 1972 told his story face-to-face with Prince Charles at Glencree.
Mr Karl Bosley from London was one of a group of people present bereaved by the Northern Troubles. Describing himself as "a forgotten victim", he described how, as an act of revenge for Bloody Sunday, a car-bomb was exploded at the Aldershot headquarters of the Parachute Regiment on February 22nd, 1972.
Seven people were killed, six of whom were civilians. Among them was his mother, Thelma Bosley, a waitress at the barracks.
Mr Bosley, who was then aged 14, heard the bomb going off and witnessed the aftermath of the explosion. "It is a sight that will never leave me," he told the prince. "It has taken me over 25 years to be able to talk about it."
He later joined the Parachute Regiment - "still with anger and hatred in my heart" - but was never allowed serve in Northern Ireland. The previous weekend in Glencree he had met a woman from Belfast whose uncle was shot dead by the Paras. "We exchanged our stories," he said, and this had been "really helpful".
He told The Irish Times later that he had not been in contact with the relatives of the Bloody Sunday victims, although he had visited the memorial in Derry. "Like anybody they are entitled to their justice as well as I am entitled to my justice."
Recalling his own tragedy he said: "I lost my Mum, I lost my home, I lost everything. My mother was a single parent so it was really quite a heavy blow to lose everything in one day. I had a succession of friends looking after me and I got into a lot of trouble." The "hatred and bitterness" had backfired on himself. "I'm the one that's been hurting all the time."