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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Hall

Diana’s 90s time capsule revealed to contain Kylie Minogue CD and passport

Diana crouches down to talk to a child in a wheelchair surrounded by onlookers
Diana, Princess of Wales during a visit to Great Ormond Street hospital in March 1991. Photograph: Princess Diana Archive/Getty

More than 30 years after it was buried, a time capsule compiled by Diana, Princess of Wales and two children to represent life in the 1990s has been opened prematurely – revealing a Kylie Minogue CD, a solar-powered calculator and a passport.

The lead-encased wooden box was sealed in 1991 to mark the laying of the foundation stone of Great Ormond Street hospital’s Variety Club building, which opened in 1994 to replace outdated buildings and clinical facilities.

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