Prince Harry: Royal expert discusses how Queen 'vetoed' plea

The Duke of Sussex has a long history of supporting the cause as he founded the charity Sentebale in 2006 to help young people affected by HIV and AIDs in Lesotho and Botswana. In 2016, he took a HIV test alongside Rihanna in Barbados to raise awareness on World Aids Day.

Last month, Harry endorsed a HIV commission report setting out a plan to stop new transmissions by 2030.

Speaking to The Mirror, Ian Green, the chief executive of HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust, said Harry’s commitment remains strong.

Mr Green revealed the public test four years ago led to a “500 percent increase” in orders for HIV self-testing kits from the charity.

He said HIV campaigning is one of the prince’s “real passions, and one of the main causes he was going to focus on”.

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“He’s still active,” Mr Green told the newspaper. “I know that we can still turn to him if we need his support and his help.”

On December 1 2020, World Aids Day, the trust released a statement on from Harry.

It said: “Tackling stigma was something my mother was dedicated to.

“Much progress was made, but years later we’re still so far from seeing HIV in the same way as any other health condition.

“On this World AIDS Day, I want to restate my personal commitment to doing all I can to keep in chipping away at the stigma and to be able to say we are the generation that finally ends HIV.”

Aged 21, he founded Sentebale with Prince Seeiso, of the Basotho Royal Family.

Sentebale means ‘forget me not’ in Sesotho – a reference to Diana’s favourite flower.

Harry was 12 years old when his mother, 36, died of injuries sustained in a car crash in a road tunnel in Paris.

Diana pursued various humanitarian causes before opting for greater privacy in 1996 after she divorced Prince Charles.

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She was the patron of six charities until her death on August 31, 1997.

Among the long list of humanitarian causes Diana campaigned for is HIV and AIDS.

When she visited Harlem Hospital, she paid a private visit to the AIDS ward.

Dr. Margaret Heagarty, now retired, told the New York Times about the moment Diana “spontaneously” hugged a young patient suffering with AIDS.

She said: “He was five or six years old, and she just picked him up and hugged him.”

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