28 years after the historic moment when Princess Diana walked a minefield in Angola, wanting to give the signal to stop using the mirror In wars, her youngest son, Prince Harryfollowed her steps.
The Duke of Sussex visited Angola as part of a cooperation with the Halo Trust charity, which aims to remove mines from former war areas. This institution is also what Princess Diana had supported in 1997.
“Children should never live with fear of playing out or walking to school,” commented Prince Harry.
Prince Harry visited a village near a minefield and met children who learn about how to avoid explosives.




Halo Trust has cleaned 120,000 mines in Angolaleft over from years of civil war. Is estimated to be approximately 60,000 people have been killed or injured by mines since 2008.
1,000 plots still remain gross.
Britain’s Prince Harry has returned to Angola to back landmine clearance efforts, retracing the steps of his late mother. #AFPVertical pic.twitter.com/2SEhg1N1hP – AFP News Agency (@afp) July 18, 2025
Prince Harry had walked the same path as his mother explored in 2019.
She then said that she felt excited to follow in her footsteps.
“My mother walked on this minefield,” she commented on the cameras.
It was January 1997, when Princess Diana was photographed in Angola walking in a minefield. This snapshot symbolized the efforts made to stop killing civilians by mines.
He had openly supported calls for an international ban on the use of mines.
This move had triggered a dispute, with the princess being criticized by some politicians for her views.
The minefield where he walked in 1997 was cleared and the location is now safe, with the children in the area attending the “Princess Diana” school.