CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DIANA AWARD TESSY OJO TELLS HOW A DREAM INSPIRED HER TO CONTINUE THE PRINCESS’S LEGACY

‘When her sons tell me she would be proud, I believe them because they know her best’

When Tessy Ojo woke up to the news of Diana’s death, her emotions took her by surprise. Pregnant with her first child, she felt an inexplicable sense of loss and, along with thousands of other mourners, made her way to the gates of Kensington Palace to lay flowers and a card.

“On the. “I thought: ‘Why am I doing this? I don’t know this woman – is it just my hormones?’ But that time made me realise that I wanted to connect with people.”