Prince Harry visits AIDS charity

OHMYGOSSIP — Prince Harry has visited an AIDS charity to help raise awareness of the illness.
The 32-year-old made the trip to the Leicester Aids Support Service (LASS) on Tuesday (21.03.17), 26 years after his mother, the late Princess Diana, visited the charity where she launched a wall of tributes honouring those who had died from the disease.
Speaking about AIDS – which is an infection that occurs when your immune system is badly damaged by an untreated HIV illness – to the campaigners at the charity headquarters, Harry said: “It cannot be acceptable that the first time young people know what HIV is is when they catch it. Even if you are nowhere near an at-risk group you should get tested, to show everyone it’s OK.”
Whilst visiting the charity, Prince Harry was shown a photo of his late mother – who died in a fatal car crash in Paris in 1997 – taken during her visit to the same centre in 1991.
One volunteer, who recalled the Princess’ visit, said of Prince Harry’s appearance: “It shows he’s got a good heart, like his mum.”
Prince Harry also met with LASS service users in a private meeting, before heading upstairs where he was able to sit in and observe workshops about the charity’s work.
Amdani Juma, who works for the African Institute for Social Development, said: “This visit is very important in raising awareness. He’s a royal and he can help bring these messages to the places we cannot reach.
“Princess Diana was here in 1991 and then Harry was here: it’s very special, it’s very important and emotional.”

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