How Princess Diana transformed global attitudes towards AIDS

September 2, 2021 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEALTH, HEROES, HEROES & HISTORY, LIFESTYLES Comments Off on How Princess Diana transformed global attitudes towards AIDS
Princess Diana visiting a patient at the London Lighthouse, a centre for people affected by HIV and AIDS, in 1996. (Photo: Jayne Fincher/Getty Images)

24 years ago today, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed.

A photograph of a dented car shuddered throughout the news wires on August 31, 1997, leaving billions reeling and in a death that drew out a complicated mix of anger and grief…