During his trip to Ukraine, Prince Harry travelled to the town of Bucha, north of Kyiv, where he flew an AI-powered drone as part of a demonstration of the latest demining technology by the Halo Trust – a landmine clearance charity.
Harry said: “When my mother visited Angola nearly thirty years ago, deminers carried out their work on their hands and knees to uncover hidden explosives. Now they’re also using drones, AI and robots for greater precision and protection.”
Diana visited Angola in 1997 as a guest of the International Red Cross, and went into a minefield alongside an expert from the trust.
Her trip to Angola, and another to Bosnia to meet victims who sustained injuries during that country’s war in the 1990s, is credited with raising international attention about the issue of landmine use.
