Diana’s simple gesture that changed how the world saw HIV & AIDS

Princess Diana visiting a patient at the London Lighthouse, a centre for people affected by HIV and AIDS, in London, October 1996. (Photo by Jayne Fincher/Getty Images)

On August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed.

A photograph of a dented car shuddered throughout the news wires leaving billions reeling and in a death that drew out a complicated mix of anger and grief.

In the years since…