By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press, September 22, 2016
VICTORIA — It’s been almost 30 years since Diana, Princess of Wales, kissed an AIDS patient on the cheek.
Her open-hearted, selfless gesture of compassion at London’s Mildmay Hospital in 1989 was noticed around the world and helped reduce the vast belief that AIDS could be transferred by human touch.
Royal watchers say Diana’s kindness and tolerance will play a supporting role in the Sept. 24-to-Oct. 1 visit to British Columbia and Yukon by her son William and his wife Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
