27 August 1997

Wednesday 27 August

1997-08-27

Events

 * French newspaper Le Monde publishes an interview with Princess Diana of Wales, which stirs up a storm of bad publicity. In the article she is reported to have said that John Major’s Tory government, ousted just months before by Tony Blair’s Labour, had been “hopeless’ in dealing with the issue of ­landmines, a cause close to her heart. Diana denies saying those words and claims she had been stitched up, but the controversy catapults her back on to the front pages and she is the centre of press attention in France. As a result, Diana postpones her return to the UK until Sunday, instead of the following day as planned.