Princess Diana's iconic landmine trip to Angola was seen as an immediate success in her campaign for a ban on the devices, official papers reveal today.
The princess provoked international debate when she walked alongside minefields in January 1997, meeting casualties of the country's 20-year civil war, in a British Red Cross drive which ultimately led to the United Nations banning their use less than 12 months later, following Diana's death in a Paris car crash in August 1997.
Images from the visit were beamed around the world, but caused a stir because the princess was seen to support Labour's position on a global ban.
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