Such a moving moment ❤️️
Prince Harry followed in his mother’s footsteps and met landmine victim Sandra Tigica, who met Princess Diana in 1997 Now a mother of five, Sandra Thijika described the encounter as a continuation of a long and beautiful story and revealed she had named her daughter afterIn 1997, the Princess of Wales cried as she watched Sandra being measured for a new prosthetic leg during her famous visit to Angola.
Diana, Princess of Wales, with Sandra Tigica in 1997 Prince Harry meets landmine victim Sandra Tigica during a reception at the British Ambassadors Residence in Luanda, Angola On Friday, Prince Harry followed in his mother’s footsteps as he walked through a partially cleared minefield in the country.He ended the day by meeting Sandra, now 38, in a bid to raise awareness of the issue of weapons. Sandra said: ‘I think I met Princess Diana on a Tuesday, she came to the centre and she wanted to see how a change of prosthetic limb was done. ‘At that time I was very small, I was a very tiny girl and they started measuring my knee so they could see how the prosthetic would fit. ‘Princess Diana was watching this process and she started crying as she watched me getting measured for a new prosthetic. ‘After they measured my knee we went outside and we sat by a fig tree and she was speaking to me and I felt very happy, I felt very complete to have the attention of a princess.Diana was famously reduced to tears as she spent time with Sandra at an orthopaedic workshop Sandra was a special guest at a reception hosted by Jessica Hand, Britain’s Ambassador to Angola, at her official residence in Luanda. Speaking about Angola’s £48 million pledge to invest in the work of the landmine clearing charity Halo Trust in the country, Prince Harry told Sandra: ‘I know you will never get your leg back, but I hope with the president’s contribution…you will have some peace of mind.’ The mother told the duke she had five children, and the royal seemed taken aback and asked for their ages and she told him, speaking through an interpreter: ‘I have a daughter I named her after Diana.’Princess Diana went with the Halo Trust to minefields in Angola months before her death in 1997 Harry sounded a positive note, telling her: ‘Your children will be growing up to your age and there won’t be any landmines.’In response to Harry’s pledge, Sandra said: ‘I’m very happy to hear him say that, it feels like the work in Angola will continue and we will be landmine free.’ She said about meeting Harry: ‘This is a long story and this is a beautiful story because I’ve come out of the province to meet Diana’s son, so this is putting the focus on all of us who have physical disabilities. ‘So it’s good for Angola that the world can see we need help that we need help and much can be done for us.’
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