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

4 hours agoJames ChaterBBC NewsGetty ImagesPrincess Diana visited Great Ormond Street Hospital in March 1991A 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.Great Ormond Street Hospital for ChildrenKylie Minogue’s third studio album Rhythm of Love was in the time capsuleThe 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.Great Ormond Street Ho…