The Queen offers "thoughts and prayers" to families of Grenfell Tower victims and pays tribute to "generosity of volunteers"
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The Queen has offered her "thoughts and prayers" to the families of Grenfell Tower victims.
The monarch also paid tribute to firefighters and community volunteers who have been helping the community.
The Queen said: "My thoughts and prayers are with those families who have lost loved ones in the Grenfell Tower fire and the many people who are still critically ill in hospital.
"Prince Philip and I would like to pay tribute to the bravery of firefighters and other emergency services officers who put their own lives at risk to save others.
" It is also heartening to see the incredible generosity of community volunteers rallying to help those affected by this terrible event."
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry also donated to a campaign that’s raising money for the fire survivors.
The royals have made a donation to the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund.
So far more than £1m has been raised in a number of appeals.
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London Fire Brigade earlier confirmed no more survivors are expected to be found in Grenfell Tower .
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London Fire Brigade Commissioner Dany Cotton said it would be a “miracle” to find anyone still alive in the charred tower block.
She told reporters there are still “unknown numbers of people” still inside the building.
Ms Cotton said: "Sadly we do anticipate the death toll will rise - we haven't done our searches of the top floors yet."
The recovery operation is expected to take days to complete.
Once it is safe for crews, a fingertip search of the tower will begin.
She also said the authorities 'genuinely don't know' how many victims died in building blaze.
So far the death toll is at 12, but the authorities have said they expect this figure to rise.
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A firefighter who battled the inferno has made a grim prediction after he only made it to the 10th floor.
Terry, firefighter for more than 20 years, revealed the harrowing scenes that he saw inside the tower block.
He told LBC it was the biggest fire London has seen since the Blitz, adding: “I only went as far as the 10th floor. What we saw, that [death] toll is going to rise.
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“No matter what plan you had to deal with that sort of fire, that plan was going to fall down. It was just like those images of 9/11.
"The amount of kit that this job has absorbed from the London Fire Brigade is unbelievable. It’s like a warzone.”
He said firefighters ran a “gauntlet” of flaming debris as it rained down on top of them and rescued many people from the stairwells.
The London Fire Brigade's latest statement said firefighters worked with the gas authority to isolate a ruptured gas main in the block.
Once that work was completed crews were able to extinguish the fire using a 40-metre (131ft) aerial platform brought in by Surrey Fire and Rescue Service.
The fire was under control by 1.14am, just over 24 hours after it was reported.
The statement added: “Firefighters will be at the scene throughout today, with around 60 firefighters and eight fire engines and other specialist resources still in attendance.
“Our Urban Search and Rescue teams will also be working with local authority contractors to shore up the building to make it safe to continue with the next phase of the operation.
“The cause of the fire is not known at this stage and will be the subject of an thorough investigation.”
Labour MP David Lammy has labelled the fire “corporate manslaughter” as he called for arrests to be made.
His friend, artist Khadija Saye, 24, is missing, along with her mother Mary Mendy.
Mr Lammy described the fire as an “outrage”, telling BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “This is the richest borough in our country treating its citizens in this way.
“We should call it what it is, it’s corporate manslaughter, that’s what it is and there should be arrests made, frankly.”