Prince Harry pens letter about Princess Diana’s ultimate ‘legacy’

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Terrence Higgins Trust.The 38-year-old estranged royal claimed that his late mother’s involvement with the HIV and sexual health charity was a “big piece” of her legacy.

It is named after Terrence “Terry” Higgins, who was one of the first people to die of an AIDS-related illness in the UK in July 1982.“I’ve been involved with Terrence Higgins Trust for a number of years, and the fight to end this epidemic is a big piece of my mum’s legacy,” Harry wrote in the note, which was included in a catalog for the charity’s flagship fundraising event, The Auction, on Monday, according to The Independent. “While my mother did not live to see the success of today’s treatments, I feel immense pride in being able to continue her advocacy with you,” he continued. “My mother grew up in a world where HIV was likely a death sentence.

Yet, in the midst of all that uncertainty, she led with empathy, finding the humanity in all around her and demonstrating the power of connection in the face of fear.” Diana, who died in a 1997 Paris car crash while being pursued by paparazzi, opened the UK’s first HIV/AIDS unit at London Middlesex Hospital in 1987.

She also shocked many that year when she shook hands with AIDS patients, despite the world’s early lack of knowledge and understanding about the disease.In February 1989, she also hugged a 7-year-old boy with AIDS at a New York City hospital.