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1、ItcameassomethingofasurprisewhenDiana,PrincessofWales,madeatriptoAngolain1997,tosupportheRedCross'scampaignforatotalbanonallanti-personnellandmines.WithinhoursofarrivinginAngola,televisionscreensaroundtheworldwerefilledwithimagesofhercomfortingvictimsinjuredinexplosionscausedbylandmines.
2、HIknewthestatistics/1shesaid.HButputtingafacetothosefiguresbroughttherealityhometome;likewhenImetSandra,a13-year-oldgirlwhohadlostherleg,andpeoplelikehe匚”ThePrincessconcludedwithasimplemessage:nWemuststoplandmines.nAndsheusedeveryopportunityduringhervisittorepeatthismessage.But,backinLon
3、don,herviewswerenotsharedbysomemembersoftheBritishgovernment,whichrefusedtosupportabanontheseweapons.AngrypoliticianslaunchedanattackonthePrincessinthepress.Theydescribedheras"veryill-informed"anda"loosecannon(乱放炮的人)ThePrincessrespondedbybrushingasidethecriticisms:"Thisisadistraction(Y&L
4、)wedonotneed・AllPmtryingtodoishelp.”Oppositionparties,themediaandthepublicimmediatelyvoicedtheirsupportforthePrincess.Tomakemattersworseforthegovernment,itsoonemergedthatthePrincess'striphadbeenapprovedbytheForeignOffice,andthatshewasinfactverywell-informedaboutboththesituationinAngolaan
5、dtheBritishgovernment'spolicyregardinglandmines.Theresultwasasevereembarrassmentforthegovernment.Totryandlimitthedamage,theForeignSecretary,MalcolmRi/kidnd,claimedthatthePrincess'sviewsonlandmineswerenotverydifferentfromgovernmentpolicy,andthatitwas"workingtowardsnaworldwideban.TheDefenc
6、eSecretary,MichaelPortillo,claimedthematterwasnamisinterpretationormisunderstanding/ForthePrincess,thetriptothiswar-torncountrywasanexcellentopportunitytouseherpopularitytoshowtheworldhowmuchdestructionandsufferinglandminescancause.Shesaidthattheexperiencehadalsogivenherthechancetogetclo
7、sertopeopleandtheirproblems.36.PrincessDianapaidavisittoAngolain1997.A.tovoicehersupportforatotalbanoflandminesA.toclarifytheBritishgovernmentsstandonlandminesC・toinvestigatethesufferingsoflandminevictimsthereD.toestablishherimageasafriendoflandminevictims36.WhatdidDianam