Duke of Sussex's emotional meeting with landmine victim who spent time with his mother

Robert Jobson27 September 2019

Prince Harry had an emotional meeting with a landmine victim who met Diana when she was 15 years old.

Justina Cesar lost her right leg when she was three years old.

At the orthopaedic hospital the duke greeted her with a warm hug, and asked: “I think you were 15 at the time - do you remember meeting my mother?”

Speaking afterwards, Ms Cesar, 38, said that she had no idea who Diana was when she visited the orthopaedic centre in 1997. “People just said she was a princess. They asked us to come and meet her. But they did not say how important she was.

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“She greeted us, and laid her hand on my brow. I was so happy about that. She was very special.”

When she learned that Diana had died, “I felt a mighty sadness. Someone who cared very much for mine victims had gone.

“But I was very happy that Diana’s son had come to continue the work that she had started.

“I am so happy. This is a very special day. I had so much to say to him, but I could barely speak.”

Ms Cesar, who has three children and works as a government clerk, said she gave Harry a copy of her project to help landmine victims. “I would like him to sponsor it,” she said.

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