Time capsule buried by Diana in 1991 opened in London

A time capsule buried by Princess Diana (1961-1997) at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London in 1991 has been opened more than three decades later and revealed objects that marked the beginning of the 1990s.

Among the items stored were a photo of Lady Di, a Kylie Minogue CD, an old copy of "The Times" newspaper, as well as a portable mini TV, a solar-powered calculator and a passport.

The items in the capsule were selected by the princess along with two children who won a competition on the TV show "Blue Peter." David Watson, then 11, selected the Australian singer's CD, a sheet of recycled paper and a passport, while Sylvia Foulkes, nine, opted for British coins, tree seeds and a snowflake hologram.

Diana and the two children were intended to represent life in the 1990s, especially in a year, 1991, marked by major events such as the end of the Cold War with the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the first Gulf War.

The lead-lined wooden box was sealed during the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Variety Club building, one of the pediatric buildings opened in 1994. It was supposed to remain buried for "hundreds of years," but was unearthed and opened after just 35 years. This is because a new oncology ward needs to be built where the "time capsule" once stood.

Princess Diana, who died in the tragic Alma Tunnel accident in Paris in 1997, was involved in voluntary work at the time and was a very active patron of Great Ormond Street Hospital.

According to the BBC, the capsule's opening was attended by hospital staff who worked there in 1991 or were born that year. The ceremony commemorated a similar event that occurred in 1872, when then-Princess Alexandra also buried a capsule there, but this one was never found.