He died in 2013 at the age of 95 and the UN has encouraged its members to observe July 18 in honor of Mandela’s legacy in promoting peace around the world.
Prince Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, famously met with Mr Mandela in Cape Town in March 1997, just five months before her tragic death.
While in the Rainbow Nation in 2015, Prince Harry visited Mr Mandela’s former prison cell on Robben Island.
On their 2019 trip to the country, Prince Harry and Meghan also met with Mandela’s granddaughter Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela and the late South African leader’s cellmate Andrew Mlangeni.
