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When he arrived in Huambo, Harry was greeted by the same official, Gov. Joana Lina, who was the official host for Princess Diana's visit.

He also visited the Huambo Orthopaedic Centre to dedicate it in the name of his mom, who also visited in 1997.

Hundreds of kids lined up to wait for Harry and then ran after his motorcade when he left, yelling, \"We wanna see the prince. We wanna see the prince.\"

Harry started his day in Angola by visiting working de-mining field in Dirico after spending the night at a de-mining camp funded by Halo Trust.

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\"Landmines are an unhealed scar of war,\" he said in Dirico, where he detonated a mine and unveiled an initiative to clear 153 minefields in two of Angola's national parks. \"By clearing the landmines, we can help this community find peace, and with peace comes opportunity.\"

Harry, the youngest of Diana's two sons, left his wife, Duchess Meghan, and their infant son, Archie, in Cape Town, South Africa, to take this trip to retrace his mom's path in Angola.

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He spoke on Thursday in Botswana about what an attachment he feels to Africa, in part because of his mom's death when he was just 12.

\"I came here in [19]97, 98, straight after my mum died,\" he said. \"It was a nice place to get away from it all, but now I feel deeply connected to this place, and to Africa.\"

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