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Associated Press - Saturday, November 2, 2002
Mandela had lunch Friday with Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, and local dignitaries before laying a wreath of white lilies and pale blue flowers on her grave, which is on an island in a lake on the family estate in Northamptonshire, north of London.
Wearing a gold patterned shirt with a dark overcoat, Mandela walked with the aid of a stick across a short pontoon bridge to Diana's final resting place. Diana met Mandela during a visit to South Africa in 1997.
After her death in a car crash that year, he paid tribute to her as one of the "best ambassadors for Great Britain."
The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund said last month that Mandela wanted to "pay a personal tribute to Diana as a person, and her humanitarian work ... particularly in combating the stigma of HIV/AIDS and bring neglected issues to public attention."
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