Prince William follows Princess Diana’s footsteps as Falklands declared land mine free
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mirror.co.ukPrince William has followed in Princess Diana’s footsteps by declaring land mines “cruel and senseless weapons”, as the Falkland Islands are declared mine free.
The British overseas territory was peppered with an estimated 13,000 mines by Argentine forces in the 1982 conflict, but now the last beach has been cleared – three years ahead of schedule.
The Duke of Cambridge marked the “historic moment” in a special recorded message for residents of the Islands after their beaches and coves became no go areas for 40 years.
Diana was famously pictured in a partially cleared minefield in the Angolan town of Huambo in 1997, to highlight the plight of those maimed by the weapons and to urge for a world-wide ban.
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