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Princess Diana called criticism of landmine appeal a ‘distraction’ – The Guardian
Princess of Wales dismissed complaints about campaign for global ban, National Archives show
Diana, Princess of Wales, dismissed criticism of her campaign for a worldwide ban on landmines as an unnecessary distraction during her famed trip to Angola where she walked through a minefield, newly released documents reveal.
She also spoke of plans for a world tour to other heavily mined countries, including Vietnam, Cambodia and Kuwait, but seven months later she had died in a car crash in Paris.
In his Foreign Office dispatch from Angola, released by the National Archives, the British ambassador…
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