a it came as something of a surprise when diana, princess of wales, made a trip to angola in 1997, to support the red cross campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. within hours of arriving in angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. “i knew the statistics,” she said. “but putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when i met sandra, a 13- year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her.” the princess concluded with a simple message: “we must stop landmines”. and she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.