The Department of Foreign Affairs and trade has admitted two Australians died in London’s Grenfell Tower inferno in June last year which killed 71 people following persistent questioning from the Australian newspaper.
71-year-old Victoria King and her daughter 41-year-old Alexandra Atala, found deceased next to each other in flat 172, were the last two victims identified by Westminster coroner Fiona Wilcox, in November last year.
DFAT officials until this week refused to divulge names and ages of the victims, citing privacy reasons.