The Duke and Duchess of Sussex shared a solemn picture of Prince Harry on Instagram.
Just one day after the world was in awe over how much their son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, took after Harry in looks, the Prince shared a photo that is now being compared to his late mother, Princess Diana.
In 1997, Princess Diana traveled to a minefield in Angola. The trip was dubbed controversial because some saw the de-mining of minefields a political issue rather than a humanitarian one. And, as a result, Diana was labeled a “loose cannon,” People reports.
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But her advocacy did a lot of good. According to People, being seen in the minefield raised “awareness for landmine victims and survivors” and helped “bring about a treaty to ban the weapons.” A reporter from the BBC, who followed Diana to the minefield in 1997, told People this is how Diana reacted to her critics:
“She said, ‘Jennie, I’m only trying to help. I’m a humanitarian.'”
Now, 22 years later, Prince Harry retraced his mother’s step at the very same minefield on September 27.
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Also, like his mother, Harry visited Dirico as a guest of “The Halo Trust” project, which “works to help clear the area to enable safe access for the local community.” His official Instagram page writes:
Following in the footsteps of his mother, Princess Diana, this morning The Duke of Sussex visited a de-mining site in Dirico, Angola, to raise awareness of the danger and prevalence of landmines that still exists today.
And in a video shared to the Instagram page, Harry admitted that it is emotional to be where his late mother once stood 22 years ago and seeing the progress that her advocacy helped create.
“It’s incredibly emotional to follow in the footsteps of my mother… If 20 years ago she hadn’t done what she did, this would still be a minefield. To see this as a thriving community is amazing.”
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