US EditionPrincess Diana's 1991 time capsule included pocket-sized TV and Kylie Minogue album
- Princess Diana, then president of Great Ormond Street Hospital , buried a lead-encased time capsule at the hospital in March 1991 in London.
- The capsule burial followed a foundation stone laying ceremony for the Variety Club Building and reflected a similar 1872 event with Princess Alexandra sealing her own capsule.
- The capsule, filled with eight objects selected by children through a BBC Blue Peter contest, contained a Kylie Minogue CD, a pocket television, British coins, tree seeds, and an original issue of The Times from the day it was sealed.
- Hospital staff born or working at GOSH in 1991 helped unearth the capsule early to allow construction of a new cancer centre described as enabling kinder treatments in a child-friendly environment.
- The capsule’s opening revealed largely intact 1990s memorabilia that offered a vivid snapshot of the era and underscored Princess Diana’s lasting connection to the hospital before her 1997 death.
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Recently unearthed time capsule from Princess Diana yields 1990s nostalgia
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Great Ormond Street Hospital in London witnessed an exceptional moment after the opening of a time capsule placed by Princess Diana in 1991, six years before her death. The capsule contained m
Finally, proof that the 90s really weren’t that great after all
How would you sum up the UK in the 1990s to an alien? Most likely, you’d mention Britpop in music, the YBAs in visual art, New Labour in politics – it’s bragging, but then the decade is one of the few times we’ve ever been cool, so you’d be forgiven.However, if all the extraterrestrial tourist had to go on was the 1991 time capsule recently dug up at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), they’d be altogether less impressed – probably leaving eart…
A unique look at 1991, featuring everything from a calculator to a pocket TV
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