Prince Harry showed son Prince Archie famous Princess Diana landmine walk footage
Prince Harry has shown his five-year-old son Prince Archie the famous footage of his late mother, Princess Diana, walking through a minefield.
Prince Harry has shown his five-year-old son footage of his late mother, Princess Diana, walking through a minefield.
The Duke of Sussex is currently at the Invictus Games - the competition he founded for injured, sick and wounded military personnel and veterans - in Canada and told how a conversation with his eldest child, Prince Archie, about the devastating impact of landmines led to an unexpected chat about his beloved mother and her famous walk in Angola in 1997.
Speaking while attending a wheelchair basketball game, he told Canada's CTV: “It’s hard because kids don’t always ask the right questions, so you either shut it down right away, which I will never do, or you engage in the conversation and try to explain things.
“Archie was asking about landmines so I was talking about how some of these guys were blown up.
“I think IEDs [Improvised explosive devices] are probably a little much at this point but I found myself talking to him about mines when he was five years old.
“Interestingly, it gave me a chance to talk about my mum, his grandma, which I didn’t even really consider so that became the outcome of the story for him.
“He wanted to see videos and photographs of his grandma Diana out doing her thing for landmines all those years ago.
“It produced a very interesting conversation between me and him, different to what I thought it would be.”
Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex - who are also parents to three-year-old Princess Lilibet - spent the weekend in Vancouver and have now travelled to Whistler, where winter sports are being held for the first time in the history of the games.
And at a welcoming ceremony in the ski resort, the prince was introduced on stage by his friend Michael Buble.
After singing his song 'Feeling Good', Michael said: “Without the incredible effort of this young man none of this would have happened, so please welcome my friend Prince Harry."
Harry replied: “Well, thank God Michael Bublé sang. Can you imagine bringing him out here and him saying, ‘You know what? I didn’t come here to sing...’ Thank you for the introduction.”
He then thanked his "ginger friend", Mayor of Whistler Jack Crompton and joked: “Are there any other gingers in the house?”
He added: “Thank you all so much for the love and support for these incredible athletes. You all came up here knowing you were going to get cold, so thank you for the support!”
The 40-year-old prince then smiled and brought his wife on stage with him, and as she joined him at the podium, Harry quipped: "Now she's going to sing!"
Meghan, 43, looked horrified before laughing and saying: "No!"
As they left the stage together, the former 'Suits' star said: “Thank you, everybody. Have the best time!”
Diana's visit to Angola in January 1997 eventually led to a global landmine ban following her death in August that year.
In 2019, Harry himself visited the same city of Huambo to walk the path his mother had taken.
He said at the time: “It has been quite emotional retracing my mother’s steps… to see the transformation that has taken place, from an unsafe and desolate place into a vibrant community."
