USA: CHICAGO: BRITAIN'S PRINCESS DIANA VISITS CANCER HOSPICE

(6 Jun 1996) English/Nat
Britain's Princess Diana has spent the last day of her visit to Chicago visiting a downtown cancer hospice.
The Princess has been a big attraction on her charity fund-raising trip as she tries to fulfill her chosen role as the 'Queen of Hearts'.
Stepping out of Chicago's Drake Hotel, Princess Diana continued to turn heads in the Windy City.
While she may have distanced herself from the British royal family and her husband, Diana is busy trying to win the hearts and minds of the public.
And many Americans seem to have fallen in love with the self-styled Queen of Hearts, standing outside the hotel in the hope of glimpsing the world's most photographed woman.
Diana spent the third and final day of her fund-raising visit at a hospice at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago.
There, she met and chatted with H-I-V and AIDS patients and met lung cancer patient John Collins.
As she has done at other hospitals and hospices, Di did what she does best - appear interested, concerned and caring.
UPSOUND:
John Collins: "Well, a lot of people when they catch cancer... they give up."
Diana: "I know. But there's always hope."
John Collins: "Always hope."
Diana: "Always hope."
John Collins: "Always."
The hospice's medical director believes patients really benefit from meeting the Princess.
SOUNDBITE:
"I think was a tremendous boost to their morale and helps... certainly is helping them feel better - that's the whole focus of care on this unit is helping people feel better. That involves not just giving pain medicines but it involves paying attention to all those other aspects that make all of us feel better and having something like this to look forward to and somebody as charming as the Princess makes them feel better."
SUPER CAPTION: Dr Charles von Gunten, Hospice's Medical Director
Diana is heading back to London on Thursday having raised more than her target of one (m) million dollars for London's Royal Marsden Hospital and Chicago cancer charities.
The Princess has also boosted her image as a caring, sharing 'Queen of Hearts' and certainly seems to have won over her American hosts.
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The Queen should feel nothing but admiration for Diana

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Diana is the real Queen

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Princess Diana is Wonder woman.. I miss her and l will always remember princess Diana.. In Chicago at northwestern memorial hospital June 4,1996..

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What a sweet wonderful and beautiful lady. RIP DIANA .

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She is the Queen of heaven! Shedding a lot of tears today remembering how much you loved others and how much others loved you. ♥️💔

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