Harry and PRINCES William have honoured their mother's memory by paying tribute to the 42,000 young people given awards by the only charity that bears her name.
They have written a foreword to a new book marking the 15th anniversary of the Diana Award, the charity set up in 1999 by the then Chancellor Gordon Brown to perpetuate her legacy and her belief that young people have the power to change the world.
The charity, which celebrates its milestone at a Downing Street reception hosted by the current Chancellor George Osborne tonight, encourages young people to carry on Diana's work by helping others in their community and working to achieve their own full potential.
In their signed foreword, William and Harry, who have both met Diana Award winners on official royal engagements, said their mother, who died in a 1997 Paris car crash, would have been proud of its achievements.
"In recent years, we have both had the privilege of meeting some truly inspiring young people and those involved with the Diana Award are no exception working to quietly transform their communities and the lives of those around them," they said.
"Having met young people working with the charity in Newcastle and in London, we were struck in both cases by their deep and lasting sense of social responsibility.
"These young people were working hard to tackle the social issues that affected them such as bullying or social exclusion and the Diana Award empowered them to do more.
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