World AIDS Day - Princess Diana Opens New AIDS Ward at St Mary's Hospital (1989)

On World AIDS Day 1989, Diana, Princess of Walesd visited the newly-established AIDS ward at ST Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London. There, she toured the facility and met patients living with AIDS on the ward. After the Princess of Wales had left, ITN spoke to the patients about the importance of the princess' work as well as the wider need to increase and improve efforts to educate people about the disease.
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[@SweeranSwift]

The joy of people when they see her....Miss you princess

[@TodayFreedom]

Younger people today have no idea how absolutely terrifying the 80s AIDS epidemic was. The tv adverts and warnings were constant, and as teens it just seemed to be everywhere- you were paranoid about all kinds of stupid things. Our lovely neighbour’s son was diagnosed with AIDS and was dead within months. Just 22 years old. The shame and social embarrassment around the whole issue was appalling.

[@TheCosmicThread11]

She was a true humanitarian, no one like her. Treated every person as her equal. Truly a royal human being. I like the guys laugh at 7:33 😅

[@carmelitajones7779]

Princess Diana single-handedly removed the stigma of AIDS because when we didn't understand it and she was shaking hands and talking to AIDS patient, we were concerned that she was going to die and when she didn't, people were willing to take the risk and engage with loved ones who were dying of AIDS. They weren't left alone to go through their final hours by themselves. What Princess Diana did was lay the blueprint so we learned to do our own research on diseases before we whip ourselves into hysteria. Thanks to me watching and learning from Princess Diana how to intelligently respond to new diseases, I acted differently when COVID came around. No, Dr. Fauci wasn't able to pull the wool over my eyes. Pure blood.

[@glen7318]

oh come on, didd you really think that the RF would allow Diana to do someting dangerous? do you really think that AIDS was transmisable by hand shaking?

[@franmn483]

She was a ray of light and hope for people ❤️‍🩹

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

Never Ever Forgotten

[@PrachandParshuram]

Supreme Queen of ❤💓💝

[@christopherhowe5180]

Some lovely people with a lot of humility and class

[@lindayusof]

Thank u for this wonderful video..we need more of the Princess work to be seen by new generation

[@06rockdj]

Princess Diana, the most beautiful English rose 🌹 always in my heart!

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[@sujoydatta4442]

Ineed a Princess for the People.

[@sujoydatta4442]

Surely

[@royaltypr1]

wowwwwwww super footage

[@juliannajc9310]

I miss her sooo much. Such a beautiful woman inside and out. The only Princess of Wales worthy of the title.

[@nancydomicoli9908]

Princess Catherine of Wales😊

[@Wheresmycoffee162]

@@nancydomicoli9908 🤢🤢 sleeping with a married man

[@glen7318]

@@nancydomicoli9908 who is that then?

[@brianrunyon266]

Am glad she, and others helped to debunk many of the myths surrounding the virus.

[@skullandbones1832]

❤🙏

[@danielshaw8941]

Any updates on what happened to the patients?

[@LDCP306]

❤

[@user-xy6zk4yi6j]

✍️ принцесса Диана двойник это кто не понял 🤨непол общем-то мы родня кто не понял а 😲

[@user-xy6zk4yi6j]

✍️ тебе вернули милый двойник малькая ура ура ура значит ты был все же мертв вобще смотрял родные