Diana, the People's Princess

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Diana, “The People’s Princess”, was one of the greatest and influential people in Great Britain during the 20th century. She always strived to help the less fortunate despite her personal struggles with bulimia, depression and the divorce with Prince Charles. Diana was known everywhere for her efforts to ban landmines and bring awareness to AIDS. Through Princess Diana’s charity work and humanitarian efforts, she made a positive impact on the world. Charities involved with AIDS inspired and intrigued Diana to bring awareness to the disease. She wasn’t just going to just sign papers with her signature and say that she sponsored it. Diana wanted to be “hand’s on” with every AIDS patient and let them know she was going to comfort them to the best of her ability (Owen 64). In 1987, Diana shook hands with a young man dying of AIDS at London’s First treatment center (Brennan 88). Many Britons didn’t support Diana’s decisions and Prince Charles considered AIDS as an inappropriate cause for royal attention. Meanwhile others were moved by her fearless sympathy at a time when HIV was still f...

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