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Princess Diana 90s time capsule contains Kylie CD and pocket TV

A time capsule buried by Diana, Princess of Wales at Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) in 1991 has been opened, revealing a Kylie Minogue CD, a solar-powered calculator and a passport.

The lead-encased wooden box was sealed to mark the laying of the foundation stone of the hospital's Variety Club Building, which opened in 1994.

The items in the capsule were selected by two children who won a Blue Peter competition and were intended to represent life in the 1990s. Other objects included a pocket TV, a snowflake hologram and a photo of Princess Diana.

The time capsule was meant to be unearthed in "hundreds of years" but was dug up to make way for the construction of a children's cancer centre.

Princess Diana became president of Gosh in 1989 and visited the children's hospital several times before her death in 1997.

She helped the two children select the items to be placed in the time capsule.

The CD of Kylie Minogue's Rhythm of Love album, which was released in 1990 and features the songs 'Better the Devil You Know', 'What Do I Have to Do', and 'Shocked' was one of the 10 items included.

The CD was chosen by David Watson, then aged 11, from Paignton, Devon. He also selected a sheet of recycled paper and a passport.

Sylvia Foulkes, then aged 9, from Norwich, chose a collection of British coins, a container with five tree seeds, and the snowflake hologram.

Kylie Minogue's third studio album Rhythm of Love was in the time capsule.

The box also included a copy of the Times newspaper from the date of the capsule's burial.

Headlines on its front page include: "Cooked meats bring out Soviet voters in droves" - alongside a photo of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev - and "US rejects Iraqi warplanes plea as rebels close in".

Images released by archivists show some damage to the objects, but they are largely intact.

A Casio pocket TV was also included in the time capsule

Staff who were either born in 1991 or were already working at the hospital in 1991 helped to remove it.

The burial of the time capsule was similar to a ceremony in 1872 during which the then Princess of Wales, Alexandra, laid a foundation stone at the hospital, also sealing a time capsule.

That time capsule, which contained a photo of Queen Victoria, has not been found.

The new children's cancer centre at Gosh will be a "national resource of the treatment of childhood cancers", according to a statement.

Its design will help clinical teams develop "kinder, more effective treatments" for children staying at the hospital.

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142 likes, 6 comments - yourcelebritymagazines on October 14, 2025: "💞 40 years of Kylie 💞 From Neighbours to Padam Padam, she’s given us decades of pure pop brilliance. This new In Focus specia...

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I imagine she will do something in 2027 for the 40th anniversary of ‘Locomotion’. This magazine seems like a (slightly premature) celebration since she became a known name through Neighbours.

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6 hours ago, Jessie Where said:

I don't know if I ever realised the original Aussie release of Loco was 5 months after I was born. Which in turn means I'll also be 40 😩

I like how you remember your age from Kylie releases! 😂 I was born the same week ‘All I Wanna Do’ was released.

10 minutes ago, Liam.k. said:

I like how you remember your age from Kylie releases! 😂 I was born the same week ‘All I Wanna Do’ was released.

I sometimes tell people how 'I Should Be So Lucky' was #1 on my first birthday, so I'm a year older than her UK music career lol

7 hours ago, Jessie Where said:

I sometimes tell people how 'I Should Be So Lucky' was #1 on my first birthday, so I'm a year older than her UK music career lol

I was born the same year Kylie released Locomotion in Australia.

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