Princess Diana fulfilled a long-held personal ambition by meeting Nelson Mandela at his holiday home in South Africa on March 17, 1997. Diana was visiting the country privately to see her brother, Charles Spencer. After an hour long meeting in which he praised the Princess for her work with AIDS charities worldwide, the two posed for photos. The President was equally effusive in meeting her as he said, “It’s not often that I meet princesses. I am still trembling.”
March 16, 1982: Prince Charles, Princess Diana behind Queen Elizabeth II with the Sultan of Oman, HM Qaboos Bin Al Said, at a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace.
Thursday, March 15, 1984: Prince Charles and Princess Diana visit Sheffield and tour the Westall Richardson Cutlery Factory. They later visited with crowds on the street and attended a reception at the town hall. Their last stop was a visit to St. Luke’s Hospice. Diana is wearing a blue wool Bellville Sassoon suit with inverted pleat sleeves along with her trademark John Boyd hat with netting frilled at the back.
Afterwards, Charles and Diana visited with the crowds outside and then traveled to an afternoon reception at the Sheffield Town Hall. Their last stop was a visit to St. Luke’s Hospice in town.
Freda Dunk, a volunteer at St Luke’s Hospice, remembers the Royal Couple’s visit well; “The Prince and Princess of Wales visited in 1984, and Diana was pregnant with Prince Harry,” Freda recalls.
“The people of Sheffield lined the route to the hospice – and the building was especially clean and shiny that day!”
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