A Journey (123 page)

xlii) Princess Diana chatting to Kathryn during a visit to Chequers, 6 July 1997

xliii) It fell to me to address the nation about Diana’s death, outside Trimdon Church, 31 August 1997

xliv) Face to face with Prince Charles on the airstrip of RAF Northolt in north-west London, as Diana’s body arrived back from France

xlv) Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Earl Spencer, Prince William and Prince Philip follow Diana’s coffin, borne by soldiers of the 1st Battalion, the Welsh Guards, 6 September 1997

xlvi) Prime Minister’s Questions was the most nerve-racking, terror-inspiring and courage-draining experience of my prime ministerial life. Facing the Tory front bench led by John Major during the devolution debate, 6 June 1997

xlvii) Jack Straw looks on from our side during a debate in 1998

xlviii) The four other Tory leaders I faced were, from left, William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Howard and David Cameron

xlix)
Top left:
At Stormont in Northern Ireland, after days of negotiation, I announced the Good Friday Agreement on 10 April 1998. Mo Mowlam and Paul Murphy look on. Other key figures in the talks included,
clockwise from top right
, Ian Paisley; Seamus Mallon and John Hume; Martin McGuinness and Gerry Adams; Jonathan Powell; and Bertie Ahern

l) Pushing for a yes vote in the peace agreement referendum, with David Trimble and John Hume, County Antrim, 21 May 1998

li) Three months later, bombers struck in Omagh, killing twenty-nine and injuring many more. Bill Clinton was quick to visit the scene at this terrible time, 3 September 1998

lii) With Nelson Mandela at the European Council meeting in Cardiff, June 1998

liii) With Cherie, meeting a family of Kosovan refugees, Macedonia, 3 May 1999

liv) Talking to the press after visiting the border between Yugoslavia and Macedonia, 3 May 1999