(NewsNation) — After 35 years, Princess Diana’s legendary time capsule has been opened.
The collection was originally placed inside a wall at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital with the help of two children who won a TV competition. The box was opened because the hospital is demolishing existing buildings to erect a new children’s cancer center.
In the capsule, included relics of the pre-internet-enabled age — an early pocket TV, a copy of The Times newspaper, a solar-powered calculator and a Kylie Minogue CD.
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“It brought back so many memories seeing the pocket TV in there,” said Janet Holmes, a senior health specialist.
“I had bought one for my husband back in the day, for when he had a break whilst driving his coach around the country. They were very expensive then!”
Great Ormond Street Hospital is the United Kingdom’s leading children’s hospital. Princess Diana became its president in 1989 and made multiple visits.
Princess Diana died in 1997 from injuries suffered in a car accident in Paris.
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