How Princess Diana Changed the Royal Family
15 Major Ways Princess Diana Changed the Royal Family
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Reach Out and Touch
Back in the 1980s, when the world was hearing about HIV and AIDS for the first time and scaremongering meant there was a deeply damaging stigma around the disease, Diana led by example and showed her love and compassion for sufferers by holding their hands and hugging them close. She taught her sons to follow suit, and now they approach people in the same tactile vein, while Harry continues in his mother's footsteps in supporting HIV/AIDS sufferers with his charity Sentebale.
