'I chose Kylie CD for Princess Diana time capsule'

Princess Diana visited Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1991

A man from Devon who won a Blue Peter competition to choose the items put into a time capsule buried by Diana, Princess of Wales, has explained why he selected a Kylie Minogue CD.

The time capsule, buried at Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1991, was opened earlier this week revealing the Kylie CD, along with other items.

The Kylie CD was the choice of David Watson, then aged 11, from Paignton, Devon, who also selected a sheet of recycled paper and a passport.

Mr Watson, who now works at the University of Exeter, said: "I chose the CD because technology was advancing so quickly at the time, mobile phones didn't even exist."

David Watson still has the metal printer's plate from the local newspaper telling the story on its front page

Mr Watson was one of two children who won a Blue Peter competition to choose items representing life in the 1990s.

He said it was part of a writing competition for his English lesson at Churston Grammar School.

"So more of a class project which happened to be a part of the national Blue Peter competition," he said.

Mr Watson also got the opportunity to meet Princess Diana.

"She was extremely nice, and what I do remember of the day was that she was so down to earth, knew my name, put her arm around me, and spoke to me as if it was an exciting day for both of us and we were on the same level."

He added she was "saying things like 'what do we do next, where do you think we should stand', I am sure she knew all the answers to this, but it made me feel very at ease the way she approached it with me."

The Kylie CD which was buried in the time caspule

The items in the time capsule were chosen to best represent life in the 1990s.

He said, as well as the CD, he wanted things which reflected both technology and important issues.

The sheet of recycled paper was chosen because "the world was only just starting to think about and realise the impact we were having on the planet and global warming"

"Lastly the passport was actually the first ever European Passport created, and I chose this because of the way the UK was starting to work more with Europe as a single continent for the good of each other."