Prince Harry Retraced Princess Diana's Footsteps to a Landmine in Angola

Brittany Vincent

Prince Harry's fifth day of his royal South African tour continued with a visit to a HALO Trust mine site outside of Dirico in Angola.

The visit, which mirrored his mother Princess Diana's own iconic walk through a minefield in Angola over 20 years ago, found the Prince remotely detonating a mine in an effort to de-mine the surrounding areas. While doing so, he met with members of the surrounding community to learn more about the local de-mining efforts, making a speech about the importance of completing such missions.

The event was immortalized in the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's official Instagram, complete with a quote from Diana's visit in 1997.

“If an international ban on mines can be secured it means, looking far ahead, that the world may be a safer place for this generation’s grandchildren,” read the caption. “The Duke is humbled to be visiting a place and a community that was so special to his mother, and to recognize her tireless mission as an advocate for all those she felt needed her voice the most, even if the issue was not universally popular.”

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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. The Duke joined @thehalotrust in their work to help clear the area to enable safe access for the local community. • “If an international ban on mines can be secured it means, looking far ahead, that the world may be a safer place for this generation's grandchildren.” – Princess Diana, 1997 Today in Angola The Duke of Sussex will retrace his mother’s steps to see the legacy of her work and how her connection with this community helped make the elimination of landmines a reality. In 1997 Diana Princess of Wales visited Huambo to bring global attention to the crisis of landmines and the people whose lives were being destroyed. Two decades later, the area has transformed from desolate and unhabitable to lively and vibrant, with colleges, schools and small businesses. The Duke is humbled to be visiting a place and a community that was so special to his mother, and to recognise her tireless mission as an advocate for all those she felt needed her voice the most, even if the issue was not universally popular. Princess Diana’s visit helped change the course of history, and directly led to the Convention against Anti-Personal Landmines, also known as the Ottawa Treaty. Today, with the support of @thehalotrust, Angola now has a stated aim under the Treaty to be clear of known mines by 2025. Despite great progress, 60 million people worldwide still live in fear of landmines every day. During his visit today, The Duke will walk along the street which was once the minefield where his mother was famously pictured. #RoyalVisitAfrica #RoyalVisitAngola Photo©️PA

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Princess Diana walked the same path with a similar goal in mind all those years ago, clad in the same protective gear, even meeting with landmine survivors in a bid to raise awareness and learn more about the issue.

Prince Harry has been keeping his mother in his thoughts lately, as Day 4's African trip found the royal traveling to Botswana, which he referred to his place to "get away fro it all" following Diana's passing. During his trip, he also plans to visit the same site his mother originally explored as part of his time in Angola.

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Currently, Harry is traveling solo away from wife Meghan Markle and baby Archie, as the rest of his family is exploring Cape Town. As he continues to explore other locations throughout the tour, he will eventually meet back up with Meghan and Archie in Johannesburg, South Africa. It looks like Harry has at least one other stop to make before starting the loop back to meet up with the pair.