Harry in mother’s footsteps as he takes anti-mines role

Prince Harry has become patron of the 25th anniversary appeal of an anti-landmine organisation whose work was championed by his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.

The royal will support the Halo Trust in its landmark year as it raises awareness and funds for its work which has seen it clear more than a million landmines since being founded in 1988.

Diana famously highlighted the work of the organisation when she was pictured wearing a face mask and protective clothing during a visit to a minefield being cleared by the Trust in Angola in 1997.

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Harry followed in his mother’s footsteps when he visited Mozambique in 2010 to learn about Halo’s work, and a video showing footage of the Prince’s private visit to the Trust’s project in the country has been released to mark the announcement.

During the past 25 years the Trust has found and destroyed more than 1.4 million landmines and more than 11 million items of large calibre ordnance – including 195,000 cluster bombs – cleared 9,800 minefields and made safe more than 433,000 acres of land.

Guy Willoughby, Halo’s chief executive officer, said: “Prince Harry’s invaluable support in our 25th anniversary year will help us to raise awareness of this important issue.”

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