Prince Harry walks through Angola minefield, echoing Diana 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Associated PressJOHANNESBURG — Prince Harry on Friday followed in the footsteps of his late mother, Princess Diana, whose walk through an active minefield in Angola years ago helped to lead to a global ban on the deadly weapons. The prince, wearing body armor, walked through a minefield and was set to visit the spot where Diana was famously photographed on a similar walk during her own Africa visit in 1997. “More than 48 million stockpiled mines have been destroyed and 31 countries have been completely cleared of land mines,” The HALO Trust said, while production of the weapons has almost dried up. Prince Harry on his visit also was expected to remotely detonate a mine, meet with mine-clearing teams and visit the orthopedic hospital his mother visited for her meetings with mine victims.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 27, 2019 07:41 UTC