Editing Diana, Princess of Wales (section)

===Landmines===
[[File:U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton met with Princess Diana.jpg|thumb|Chatting with [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[Map Room (White House)|Map Room]] following a landmines campaign fund-raiser, June 1997]]
Diana was patron of the [[HALO Trust]], an organisation that removes debris—particularly landmines—left behind by war.<ref name="HALO-Patron">{{Cite news |url=http://www.halotrust.org/media-centre/news-press-releases/press-release-prince-harry-becomes-patron-halo-trusts-25th |title=Prince Harry becomes patron of the HALO Trust's 25th Anniversary Appeal |work=The HALO Trust |access-date=30 January 2016 |date=6 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015234508/http://www.halotrust.org/media-centre/news-press-releases/press-release-prince-harry-becomes-patron-halo-trusts-25th |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="HALLOToday">{{Cite news |url=http://www.today.com/news/prince-harry-continues-dianas-charity-work-africa-6C10897069 |title=Prince Harry continues Diana's charitywork in Africa |work=Today |access-date=21 May 2015 |date=12 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524134627/http://www.today.com/news/prince-harry-continues-dianas-charity-work-africa-6C10897069 |archive-date=24 May 2015}}</ref> In January 1997, pictures of Diana touring an Angolan minefield in a ballistic helmet and [[flak jacket]] were seen worldwide.<ref name="HALO-Patron"/><ref name="HALLOToday"/> During her campaign, she was accused of meddling in politics and called a "loose cannon" by [[Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe|Lord Howe]], an official in the [[British Ministry of Defence]].<ref name="mines1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/15/newsid_2530000/2530603.stm|title=Princess Diana sparks landmines row|work=BBC News|date=15 January 1997|access-date=13 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307133016/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/15/newsid_2530000/2530603.stm|archive-date=7 March 2008}}</ref> Despite the criticism, HALO states that Diana's efforts resulted in raising international awareness about landmines and the subsequent sufferings caused by them.<ref name="HALO-Patron"/><ref name="HALLOToday"/> In June 1997, she gave a speech at a landmines conference held at the [[Royal Geographical Society]], and went to Washington, DC to support the [[American Red Cross]]'s anti-landmine initiative.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> From 7 to 10 August 1997, just days before her death, she visited Bosnia and Herzegovina with [[Jerry White (activist)|Jerry White]] and [[Ken Rutherford (political scientist)|Ken Rutherford]] of the [[Landmine Survivors Network]].<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Diana Meets Landmine Victim in Bosnia|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/news/08/0808/diana.shtml|access-date=10 April 2015|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041214072518/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/news/08/0808/diana.shtml|archive-date=14 December 2004}}</ref><ref name=cnn97aug>{{cite news|title=Diana takes anti-land mine crusade to Bosnia|url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/08/diana/index.html|access-date=23 July 2013|work=CNN|date=8 August 1997|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131214815/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/08/diana/index.html|archive-date=31 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970809&id=o5xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3349,633406|title=Diana refuels rumours of a Fayed romance|work=New Straits Times|date=9 August 1997|access-date=16 October 2016|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116185308/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970809&id=o5xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3349,633406|url-status=live}}</ref>

Diana's work on the landmines issue has been described as influential in the signing of the [[Ottawa Treaty]], which created an international ban on the use of anti-personnel landmines.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JPJN|title=The background to the Ottawa process |last1=Maslen |first1=Stuart |last2=Herby |first2=Peter |date=31 December 1998 |journal=International Review of the Red Cross |volume=38 |issue=325 |pages=693–713 |doi=10.1017/S0020860400091579 |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513115924/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JPJN |archive-date=13 May 2008 |issn = 0020-8604}}</ref> Introducing the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom#Legislative functions|Second Reading]] of the Landmines [[Bill (law)|Bill]] 1998 to the [[British House of Commons]], the [[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|Foreign Secretary]], [[Robin Cook]], paid tribute to Diana's work on landmines:<blockquote>All Honourable Members will be aware from their postbags of the immense contribution made by Diana, Princess of Wales to bringing home to many of our constituents the human costs of landmines. The best way in which to record our appreciation of her work, and the work of NGOs that have campaigned against landmines, is to pass the Bill, and to pave the way towards a global ban on landmines.<ref name="mine2">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980710/debtext/80710-01.htm#80710-01_head0|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 10 July 1998 (pt 1)|work=British Parliament|access-date=13 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031347/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980710/debtext/80710-01.htm#80710-01_head0|archive-date=30 September 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref></blockquote>
A few months after Diana's death in 1997, the [[International Campaign to Ban Landmines]] won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9710/10/nobel.peace/|title=The 1997 Nobel Prizes|work=CNN|access-date=12 March 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524051244/http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9710/10/nobel.peace/|archive-date=24 May 2010}}</ref>