Harry Potter fans will well remember the epilogue in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows where the gang reassemble at Platform 9 ¾ to wave off their own children to Hogwarts for the first time. Well, this may come as a shock, but ‘19 years later’, is 1st September 2017, the date in the book that the next generation go off to school and Harry Potter fans are celebrating in style!
Today thousands of fans of the series assembled at King’s Cross station at the exact moment (11am) Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny send off their children to school in the books and movies and they made quite the sight!
The Evening Standard have covered the event, showing thousands of fans congregated at the station, take a look!
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