Who was Princess Diana with when she died?
Diana was once associated with more than 100 charities and used her fame to promote a variety of charitable causes and issues. She traveled through minefields in Bosnia and Angola to promote the removal of landmines, visited leprosy patients in Nepal, India, and Zimbabwe, and opened Britain’s first AIDS ward in London, where she famously…
Diana was once associated with more than 100 charities and used her fame to promote a variety of charitable causes and issues. She traveled through minefields in Bosnia and Angola to promote the removal of landmines, visited leprosy patients in Nepal, India, and Zimbabwe, and opened Britain’s first AIDS ward in London, where she famously shook hands without gloves with a patient, debunking the myth that HIV/AIDS could be spread through casual contact.
Diana additionally gained notoriety when she hugged a young patient at a pediatric AIDS unit in Harlem, New York, while on a visit.
“She was an activist at a time when AIDS and HIV were so stigmatized,” Mamata said. “And she’s the one who went into AIDS wards and said, ‘No, I’m going to talk to people like they’re normal human beings. I’m going to shake your hand, talk with you, and raise your consciousness.”
Who was Princess Diana with when she died?
On August 31, 1997, Diana, 36, passed away from injuries she sustained in a car accident in Paris, which also claimed the lives of her friend Dodi Fayed and the driver, Henri Paul.
