Overview

• The container, sealed during a 1991 cornerstone ceremony, had been intended to remain closed for hundreds of years.
• Recovered items included a Kylie Minogue CD, a pocket calculator, a 1990s passport, a portable TV, newspaper clippings, coins, tree seeds, and a photograph of Diana.
• The contents were selected by two children who won a hospital competition, with guidance from Princess Diana.
• Hospital staff connected to 1991—either born that year or working there then—were invited to assist with the recovery.
• The 1991 ceremony echoed an 1872 tradition by Princess Alexandra, whose earlier time capsule has not been found.