“Archie was asking about landmines, so I was talking about how some of these guys were blown up.
“I think IEDs [improvised explosive devices] are probably a little much at this point but I found myself talking to him about mines when he was 5 years old.
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“Interestingly, it gave me a chance to talk about my mum, his grandma, which I didn’t even really consider so that became the outcome of the story for him.
“He wanted to see videos and photographs of his grandma Diana out doing her thing for landmines all those years ago.
“It produced a very interesting conversation between me and him, different to what I thought it would be.”
Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex – who are also parents to 3-year-old Princess Lilibet – spent the weekend in Vancouver before travelling to Whistler, where winter sports are being held for the first time in the history of the games.
At a welcoming ceremony in the ski resort, the prince was introduced to the stage by his friend and Canadian pop icon, Michael Bublé.
After performing his 2005 hit Feeling Good, Bublé announced: “Without the incredible effort of this young man none of this would have happened, so please welcome my friend, Prince Harry”.
“Well, thank God Michael Bublé sang. Can you imagine bringing him out here and him saying, ‘You know what? I didn’t come here to sing …’ Thank you for the introduction,” Harry responded.
He then thanked his “ginger friend”, Mayor of Whistler Jack Crompton, and joked: “Are there any other gingers in the house?”
He added: “Thank you all so much for the love and support for these incredible athletes. You all came up here knowing you were going to get cold, so thank you for the support”.
Diana’s visit to Angola in January 1997 eventually led to a global landmine ban following her death in August that year.
In 2019, Harry himself visited the same city of Huambo to walk the path his mother had taken.
He said at the time: “It has been quite emotional retracing my mother’s steps … to see the transformation that has taken place, from an unsafe and desolate place into a vibrant community”.
– Additional reporting, NZ Herald.