Editing Diana, Princess of Wales (section)

==Charity work and patronages==
In 1983 Diana confided to the [[premier of Newfoundland]], [[Brian Peckford]], "I am finding it very difficult to cope with the pressures of being Princess of Wales, but I am learning to cope with it".<ref>{{Cite journal| last=MacLeod| first=Alexander| title=The Princess of Wales: life as a star| journal=The Christian Science Monitor| date=28 June 1983| url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1983/0628/062836.html| access-date=10 April 2015| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414165227/http://www.csmonitor.com/1983/0628/062836.html| archive-date=14 April 2015| df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was expected to make regular public appearances at hospitals, schools, and other facilities, in the 20th-century model of royal patronage. From the mid-1980s, she became increasingly associated with numerous charities. She carried out 191 official engagements in 1988<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.philly.com/1989-01-07/news/26123490_1_latoya-jackson-zsa-zsa-gabor-shih-tzu-dogs |title=The Royal Watch |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News |access-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025154024/http://articles.philly.com/1989-01-07/news/26123490_1_latoya-jackson-zsa-zsa-gabor-shih-tzu-dogs |archive-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> and 397 in 1991.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111946,00.html|title=Royal Watch|magazine=People|access-date=11 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017224027/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20111946,00.html|archive-date=17 October 2014}}</ref> Diana developed an intense interest in serious illnesses and health-related matters outside the purview of traditional royal involvement, including AIDS and [[leprosy]]. In recognition of her effect as a philanthropist, Stephen Lee, director of the UK Institute of Charity Fundraising Managers, said "Her overall effect on charity is probably more significant than any other person's in the 20th century."<ref name="Guardian-Legacy"/>

[[File:Princess diana bristol 1987 02.jpg|thumb|left|upright|At the official opening of the community centre on Whitehall Road, [[Bristol]], May 1987]]
Diana was the [[Patron (charity)|patroness]] of charities and organisations who worked with the homeless, youth, drug addicts, and the elderly. From 1989, she was president of [[Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children]]. She was patron of the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]]<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref>{{Cite news|newspaper=The Telegraph|title=Duchess of Cambridge walks in Diana's footsteps by becoming Patron of Natural History Museum|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10003964/Duchess-of-Cambridge-walks-in-Dianas-footsteps-by-becoming-Patron-of-Natural-History-Museum.html|date=21 April 2013|access-date=21 April 2013|location=London|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423105216/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10003964/Duchess-of-Cambridge-walks-in-Dianas-footsteps-by-becoming-Patron-of-Natural-History-Museum.html|archive-date=23 April 2013|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and president of the [[Royal Academy of Music]]<ref name="Time-Bio"/><ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities"/> and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKdd_uUcyWk|title=Uncut Footage of Princess Diana Visiting RADA (1989)|work=ITN Archive|date=17 November 1989|accessdate=27 September 2023|via=YouTube|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928011728/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKdd_uUcyWk|url-status=live}}</ref> From 1984 to 1996, she was president of [[Barnardo's]], a charity founded by Dr. [[Thomas John Barnardo]] in 1866 to care for vulnerable children and young people.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Barnardo's and royalty| url=http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_history/barnardos_and_royalty.htm| work=Barnardo's| access-date=30 January 2016| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307083106/http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_history/barnardos_and_royalty.htm| archive-date=7 March 2016| df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="100-Charities"/> In 1988, she became patron of the British Red Cross and supported its organisations in other countries such as Australia and Canada.<ref name="Tel-army"/> She made several lengthy visits each week to [[Royal Brompton Hospital]], where she worked to comfort seriously ill or dying patients.<ref name=brompton/> From 1991 to 1996, she was a patron of Headway, a brain injury association.<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Furness|first=Hannah|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/9988405/Prince-Harry-to-follow-in-his-mothers-footsteps-in-support-of-Headway-charity.html|title=Prince Harry to follow in his mother's footsteps in support of Headway charity|work=The Telegraph|access-date=30 January 2016|date=12 April 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326135238/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-harry/9988405/Prince-Harry-to-follow-in-his-mothers-footsteps-in-support-of-Headway-charity.html|archive-date=26 March 2016|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 1992, she became the first patron of Chester Childbirth Appeal, a charity she had supported since 1984.<ref name="Chester-title">{{cite web|url=http://chesterchildbirthappeal.org.uk/aboutus.php|title=About the Chester Childbirth Appeal|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106062203/http://chesterchildbirthappeal.org.uk/aboutus.php|archive-date=6 January 2016}}</ref> The charity, which is named after one of Diana's royal titles, could raise over £1&nbsp;million with her help.<ref name="Chester-title"/> In 1994, she helped her friend [[Julia Samuel]] launch the charity Child Bereavement UK which supports children "of military families, those of suicide victims, [and] terminally-ill parents", and became its patron.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/prince-william-moving-speech-princess-diana-charity-event/story?id=34507048|title=Prince William Gives Moving Tribute Speech About Princess Diana at Charity Event|work=ABC News|first=Carolyn|last=Durand|date=15 October 2015|access-date=30 May 2018|archive-date=27 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327041217/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/prince-william-moving-speech-princess-diana-charity-event/story?id=34507048|url-status=live}}</ref> Her son William later became the charity's royal patron.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.today.com/news/prince-william-refers-mother-during-charity-event-grieving-families-t50666|title=Prince William pays tribute to mother during charity event for grieving families|work=NBC Today|first=Eun Kyung|last=Kim|date=16 October 2015|access-date=30 May 2018|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326034437/https://www.today.com/news/prince-william-refers-mother-during-charity-event-grieving-families-t50666|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Her patronages also included [[Landmine Survivors Network]],<ref name="memorial-detail">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1561574/Diana-memorial-service-in-detail.html|title=Diana memorial service in detail|work=The Telegraph|access-date=30 January 2016|date=31 August 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002031733/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1561574/Diana-memorial-service-in-detail.html|archive-date=2 October 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Help the Aged]],<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/charlist.html|title=Diana's groups of charities|work=BBC News|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123155047/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/charlist.html|archive-date=23 January 2016}}</ref> the [[National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery]],<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities"/> the [[British Lung Foundation]],<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Eureka! (museum)|Eureka!]] (joint patron with Prince Charles),<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities"/> the [[National Children's Orchestra]],<ref name="memorial-detail"/><ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/> British Red Cross Youth,<ref name="Charities-32">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19930701&id=W7IsAAAAIBAJ&pg=6718,12055|title=Princess Diana observes 32nd birthday|newspaper=Star-News|date=1 July 1993|access-date=24 April 2016|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115052611/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19930701&id=W7IsAAAAIBAJ&pg=6718,12055|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="100-Charities"/> the [[Guinness Trust]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Meningitis Trust]],<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/> the [[Malcolm Sargent|Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children]],<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/> the [[SeeAbility|Royal School for the Blind]],<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/> [[Welsh National Opera]],<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/> the [[Variety Club|Variety Club of New Zealand]],<ref name="BBC-Charities">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/dichar2.html|title=Diana's Charities|work=BBC News|access-date=24 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826012654/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/dichar2.html|archive-date=26 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Wellbeing of Women|Birthright]],<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/our-history/?menu=2c|title=Our History|work=Wellbeing of Women|access-date=25 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626151200/http://wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/our-history/?menu=2c|archive-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> the [[British Deaf Association]] (for which she learned [[sign language]]),<ref name="Charities-32"/><ref name="100-Charities"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-10-vw-455-story.html|title=NAMES IN THE NEWS : Princess Di Uses Sign Language|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=10 August 1990|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-date=3 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203085138/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-10-vw-455-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Anglo-European College of Chiropractic]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[British Sports Association for the Disabled]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[British Youth Opera]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> Faculty of Dental Surgery of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[London City Ballet]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> [[London Symphony Orchestra]],<ref name="100-Charities"/> and [[Pre-School Playgroups Association]].<ref name="100-Charities"/><ref name="Tel-army"/>}}

In 1987 Diana was awarded the Honorary [[Freedom of the City of London]], the highest honour which is in the power of the City of London to bestow on someone.<ref name="London-Freeman">{{cite web|url=https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/history/Pages/honorary-freedom.aspx|title=The Honorary Freedom|work=City of London|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-date=28 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128021116/https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/history/Pages/honorary-freedom.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-07-23-mn-5859-story.html|title=Spurns Lunch Wine : 'I'm Not an Alcoholic'--Princess Di|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|via=United Press International|date=23 July 1987|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414232419/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-23/news/mn-5859_1_vintage-wine|archive-date=14 April 2015|url-status=live|quote=she turned down the vintage wine offered at the luncheon welcoming her as a 'freeman' of the City of London{{nbsp}}... the ancient ritual giving Diana the right to drive sheep across London Bridge, to be hanged with a rope made of silk rather than hemp and a guaranteed place in a poorhouse should the need arise.}}</ref> In June 1995, she travelled to Moscow. She paid a visit to a children's hospital she had previously supported when she provided them with medical equipment. In December 1995, Diana received the United Cerebral Palsy Humanitarian of the Year Award in New York City for her philanthropic efforts.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://us.hellomagazine.com/royalty/201108316031/prince-harry-presents-child-bravery-awards/|title=Harry honours his mother's legacy on the anniversary of her death|magazine=Hello!|date=31 August 2011|access-date=24 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026151800/http://us.hellomagazine.com/royalty/201108316031/prince-harry-presents-child-bravery-awards/|archive-date=26 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Clayton|first=Tim|year=2001|title=Diana: Story of a Princess|location=New York |publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-43911-803-0|page=288}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19951211&id=kI0mAAAAIBAJ&pg=3637,2108112|title=Diana receives Humanitarian Award|newspaper=The Standard|date=13 December 1995|access-date=24 April 2016|archive-date=15 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115052615/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=19951211&id=kI0mAAAAIBAJ&pg=3637,2108112|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 1996, for her works on the elderly, she was awarded a gold medal at a health care conference organised by the [[Pio Manzù Centre]] in [[Rimini]], Italy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12126347.Diana_appeals_for_the_elderly_after_dropping_their_charity/|title=Diana appeals for the elderly after dropping their charity|work=The Herald Scotland|date=14 October 1996|access-date=24 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306024916/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12126347.Diana_appeals_for_the_elderly_after_dropping_their_charity/|archive-date=6 March 2016}}</ref>

The day after her divorce, she announced her resignation from over 100 charities and retained patronages of only six: [[Centrepoint (charity)|Centrepoint]], [[English National Ballet]], Great Ormond Street Hospital, [[The Leprosy Mission]], [[National AIDS Trust]], and the [[Royal Marsden Hospital]].<ref name=RemainingCharities>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/charities-devastated-after-diana-quits-as-patron-1329108.html|title=Charities devastated after Diana quits as patron|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902052359/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/charities-devastated-after-diana-quits-as-patron-1329108.html|archive-date=2 September 2017|work=The Independent|date=17 July 1996|access-date=5 September 2011}}</ref> She continued her work with the British Red Cross Anti-Personnel Land Mines Campaign, but was no longer listed as patron.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/fund1.html|title=Diana Memorial Charity Fund Set Up|work=BBC News|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314134452/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/fund1.html|archive-date=14 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="legacy-charity">{{cite journal|last=Pieler|first=George|url=http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/face_of_charity|title=The philanthropic legacy of Princess Diana|journal=Philanthropy|date=Winter 1998|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091358/http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/face_of_charity|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>

In May 1997, Diana opened the Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts in Leicester, after being asked by her friend [[Richard Attenborough]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.le.ac.uk/bulletin/bulletinextramay97.pdf|title=Diana, Princess of Wales, to open Richard Attenborough Centre|work=University of Leicester|access-date=24 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110031106/http://www.le.ac.uk/bulletin/bulletinextramay97.pdf|archive-date=10 January 2017}}</ref> In June 1997 and at the suggestion of her son William, some of her dresses and suits were sold at [[Christie's]] auction houses in London and New York, and the proceeds that were earned from these events were donated to charities.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> Her final official engagement was a visit to [[Northwick Park Hospital]], London, on 21 July 1997.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> Her 36th and final birthday celebration was held at [[Tate Gallery]], which was also a commemorative event for the gallery's 100th anniversary.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> She was scheduled to attend a fundraiser at the Osteopathic Centre for Children on 4 September 1997, upon her return from Paris.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/laura.html|title=Toddler Stands In For Diana|work=BBC News|date=4 September 1997|accessdate=17 April 2021|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417183510/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/laura.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===HIV/AIDS===
Diana began her work with AIDS patients in the 1980s.<ref name=AIDSQueen>{{Cite news|first1=Nick|last1=Allen|first2=Gordon|last2=Rayner|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575119/Queen-was-against-Dianas-Aids-work.html|title=Queen 'was against' Diana's Aids work|work=The Telegraph|date=10 January 2008|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925145002/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575119/Queen-was-against-Dianas-Aids-work.html|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Contrary to the prevailing [[Discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS|stigmatization of AIDS patients]], she was not averse to making physical contact with patients,<ref name=brompton>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dianaprincessofwalesmemorialfund.org/humanitarian-work|work=The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund|title=Diana, Princess of Wales was a global humanitarian figure who dedicated her life to helping improve the lives of disadvantaged people|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203183101/http://www.dianaprincessofwalesmemorialfund.org/humanitarian-work|archive-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> and was the first British royal to do so.<ref name=AIDSQueen/> In 1987, she held hands with an AIDS patient in one of her early efforts to destigmatise the condition.<ref name="BBC-HIV">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-39490507/how-princess-diana-changed-attitudes-to-aids|title=How Princess Diana changed attitudes to Aids|work=BBC News|date=5 April 2017|access-date=9 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909173439/http://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-39490507/how-princess-diana-changed-attitudes-to-aids|archive-date=9 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/david-allison/diana-the-legacy_b_1844945.html|work=Huffington Post|title=Diana: The Legacy|date=31 August 2012|access-date=23 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310183222/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-allison/diana-the-legacy_b_1844945.html |archive-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> Diana noted: "HIV does not make people dangerous to know. You can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it. What's more, you can share their homes, their workplaces, and their playgrounds and toys".<ref name="Tel-army"/> To Diana's disappointment, the Queen did not support this type of charity work, suggesting she get involved in "something more pleasant".<ref name=AIDSQueen/> In July 1989, she opened [[Landmark Aids Centre]] in South London.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/8920567/HIVAids-a-timeline-of-the-disease-and-its-mutations.html|title=HIV/Aids: a timeline of the disease and its mutations|work=The Telegraph|access-date=24 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518155321/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/8920567/HIVAids-a-timeline-of-the-disease-and-its-mutations.html?fb|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="BBC-1989">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/25/newsid_2500000/2500505.stm|title=1989: Diana opens Landmark Aids Centre|work=BBC News|access-date=21 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220608/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/25/newsid_2500000/2500505.stm |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> In October 1990, Diana opened Grandma's House, a home for young AIDS patients in Washington, DC.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/8992717/Princess-Dianas-charity-work-and-causes.html?image=8|title=Princess Diana's charity work and causes (image 8)|work=The Telegraph|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925122658/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/8992717/Princess-Dianas-charity-work-and-causes.html?image=8|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She was also a patron of the National AIDS Trust and regularly visited [[London Lighthouse]], which provided residential care for HIV patients (it has since merged with the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]]).<ref name="Tel-army"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/opinion/princess-diana-secret-visits-hospice-cared-hiv-1817496|title=Princess Diana's secret visits to our centre show just how deeply she cared for people living with HIV|work=i|first=Ian|last=Green|date=31 August 2022|accessdate=30 September 2022|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930055759/https://inews.co.uk/opinion/princess-diana-secret-visits-hospice-cared-hiv-1817496|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1991, she hugged one patient during a visit to the AIDS ward of the [[Middlesex Hospital]],<ref name="Tel-army"/> which she had opened in 1987 as the first hospital unit dedicated to this cause in the UK.<ref name="BBC-HIV"/><ref name="Attitude-Award">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41604668|title=Prince Harry calls for regular HIV and Aids testing|work=BBC News|date=13 October 2017|access-date=21 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021162608/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41604668|archive-date=21 October 2017}}</ref> As the patron of [[Turning Point (charity)|Turning Point]], a health and social care organisation, Diana visited its project in London for people with HIV/AIDS in 1992.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/8992717/Princess-Dianas-charity-work-and-causes.html?image=13|title=Princess Diana's charity work and causes (image 13)|work=The Telegraph|access-date=24 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925122657/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/royalty/8992717/Princess-Dianas-charity-work-and-causes.html?image=13|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She later established and led fundraising campaigns for AIDS research.<ref name="robinson"/>

In March 1997, Diana visited South Africa, where she met with [[Nelson Mandela]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-03-18/news/9703170342_1_sling-blade-princess-diana-earl-spencer|title=Diana 'Thrilled' To Meet Mandela In South Africa|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|access-date=30 January 2016|date=18 March 1997|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222344/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-03-18/news/9703170342_1_sling-blade-princess-diana-earl-spencer|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Holt|first=William|url=https://news.yahoo.com/prince-harry-posts-photo-of-mother-and-nelson-mandela-174732962.html|title=Prince Harry posts photo of mother and Nelson Mandela|work=Yahoo|access-date=30 January 2016|date=18 July 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015247/http://news.yahoo.com/prince-harry-posts-photo-of-mother-and-nelson-mandela-174732962.html|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> On 2 November 2002, Mandela announced that the [[Nelson Mandela Children's Fund]] would be teaming up with the [[Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund]] to help people with AIDS.<ref name="Di&Nel">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2392637.stm |work=BBC News |title=Mandela and Diana charities join forces |access-date=23 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117095013/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2392637.stm |archive-date=17 November 2015}}</ref> They had planned the combination of the two charities a few months before her death.<ref name="Di&Nel"/> Mandela later praised Diana for her efforts surrounding the issue of HIV/AIDS: "When she stroked the limbs of someone with leprosy or sat on the bed of a man with HIV/AIDS and held his hand, she transformed public attitudes and improved the life chances of such people".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1412050/Mandela-tells-world-to-learn-from-Diana.html |work=The Telegraph |title=Mandela tells world to learn from Diana |date=3 November 2002 |access-date=23 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229015235/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1412050/Mandela-tells-world-to-learn-from-Diana.html |archive-date=29 February 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Diana had used her celebrity status to "fight stigma attached to people living with HIV/AIDS", Mandela said.<ref name="Di&Nel"/>

===Landmines===
[[File:U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton met with Princess Diana.jpg|thumb|Chatting with [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[Map Room (White House)|Map Room]] following a landmines campaign fund-raiser, June 1997]]
Diana was patron of the [[HALO Trust]], an organisation that removes debris—particularly landmines—left behind by war.<ref name="HALO-Patron">{{Cite news |url=http://www.halotrust.org/media-centre/news-press-releases/press-release-prince-harry-becomes-patron-halo-trusts-25th |title=Prince Harry becomes patron of the HALO Trust's 25th Anniversary Appeal |work=The HALO Trust |access-date=30 January 2016 |date=6 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015234508/http://www.halotrust.org/media-centre/news-press-releases/press-release-prince-harry-becomes-patron-halo-trusts-25th |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="HALLOToday">{{Cite news |url=http://www.today.com/news/prince-harry-continues-dianas-charity-work-africa-6C10897069 |title=Prince Harry continues Diana's charitywork in Africa |work=Today |access-date=21 May 2015 |date=12 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524134627/http://www.today.com/news/prince-harry-continues-dianas-charity-work-africa-6C10897069 |archive-date=24 May 2015}}</ref> In January 1997, pictures of Diana touring an Angolan minefield in a ballistic helmet and [[flak jacket]] were seen worldwide.<ref name="HALO-Patron"/><ref name="HALLOToday"/> During her campaign, she was accused of meddling in politics and called a "loose cannon" by [[Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe|Lord Howe]], an official in the [[British Ministry of Defence]].<ref name="mines1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/15/newsid_2530000/2530603.stm|title=Princess Diana sparks landmines row|work=BBC News|date=15 January 1997|access-date=13 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307133016/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/15/newsid_2530000/2530603.stm|archive-date=7 March 2008}}</ref> Despite the criticism, HALO states that Diana's efforts resulted in raising international awareness about landmines and the subsequent sufferings caused by them.<ref name="HALO-Patron"/><ref name="HALLOToday"/> In June 1997, she gave a speech at a landmines conference held at the [[Royal Geographical Society]], and went to Washington, DC to support the [[American Red Cross]]'s anti-landmine initiative.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/> From 7 to 10 August 1997, just days before her death, she visited Bosnia and Herzegovina with [[Jerry White (activist)|Jerry White]] and [[Ken Rutherford (political scientist)|Ken Rutherford]] of the [[Landmine Survivors Network]].<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Diana Meets Landmine Victim in Bosnia|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/news/08/0808/diana.shtml|access-date=10 April 2015|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041214072518/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/news/08/0808/diana.shtml|archive-date=14 December 2004}}</ref><ref name=cnn97aug>{{cite news|title=Diana takes anti-land mine crusade to Bosnia|url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/08/diana/index.html|access-date=23 July 2013|work=CNN|date=8 August 1997|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131214815/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/08/diana/index.html|archive-date=31 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970809&id=o5xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3349,633406|title=Diana refuels rumours of a Fayed romance|work=New Straits Times|date=9 August 1997|access-date=16 October 2016|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116185308/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19970809&id=o5xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=3349,633406|url-status=live}}</ref>

Diana's work on the landmines issue has been described as influential in the signing of the [[Ottawa Treaty]], which created an international ban on the use of anti-personnel landmines.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JPJN|title=The background to the Ottawa process |last1=Maslen |first1=Stuart |last2=Herby |first2=Peter |date=31 December 1998 |journal=International Review of the Red Cross |volume=38 |issue=325 |pages=693–713 |doi=10.1017/S0020860400091579 |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513115924/http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JPJN |archive-date=13 May 2008 |issn = 0020-8604}}</ref> Introducing the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom#Legislative functions|Second Reading]] of the Landmines [[Bill (law)|Bill]] 1998 to the [[British House of Commons]], the [[Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom)|Foreign Secretary]], [[Robin Cook]], paid tribute to Diana's work on landmines:<blockquote>All Honourable Members will be aware from their postbags of the immense contribution made by Diana, Princess of Wales to bringing home to many of our constituents the human costs of landmines. The best way in which to record our appreciation of her work, and the work of NGOs that have campaigned against landmines, is to pass the Bill, and to pave the way towards a global ban on landmines.<ref name="mine2">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980710/debtext/80710-01.htm#80710-01_head0|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 10 July 1998 (pt 1)|work=British Parliament|access-date=13 October 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031347/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980710/debtext/80710-01.htm#80710-01_head0|archive-date=30 September 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref></blockquote>
A few months after Diana's death in 1997, the [[International Campaign to Ban Landmines]] won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9710/10/nobel.peace/|title=The 1997 Nobel Prizes|work=CNN|access-date=12 March 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524051244/http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9710/10/nobel.peace/|archive-date=24 May 2010}}</ref>

===Cancer===
For her first solo official trip, Diana visited [[The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust]], a cancer treatment hospital in London.<ref name="BBC-Charities"/> She later chose this charity to be among the organisations that benefited from the auction of her clothes in New York.<ref name="BBC-Charities"/> The trust's communications manager said she did "much to remove the stigma and taboo associated with diseases such as cancer, AIDS, HIV and leprosy".<ref name="BBC-Charities"/> Diana became president of the hospital on 27 June 1989.<ref name="Marsden-patron">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalmarsden.org/prince-william |title=President of The Royal Marsden |work=The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112070633/http://www.royalmarsden.org/prince-william |archive-date=12 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/about-royal-marsden/how-we-run-ourselves/our-president |title=Our President |work=The Royal Marsden |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062810/https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/about-royal-marsden/how-we-run-ourselves/our-president |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/media/press-releases/prince-william-becomes-president-of-the-royal-marsden-hospital |title=Prince William becomes President of the Royal Marsden Hospital |work=Official website of the Prince of Wales |date=4 May 2007 |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216015046/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/media/press-releases/prince-william-becomes-president-of-the-royal-marsden-hospital |archive-date=16 February 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Wolfson Children's Cancer Unit was opened by Diana on 25 February 1993.<ref name="Marsden-patron"/> In February 1996, Diana, who had been informed about a [[Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre|newly opened cancer hospital]] built by Imran Khan, travelled to Pakistan to visit its children's cancer wards and attend a fundraising dinner in aid of the charity in [[Lahore]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/diana-flies-in-to-battle-royal-in-pakistan-1320299.html|title=Diana flies in to battle royal in Pakistan|newspaper=The Independent|first=Tim|last=McGirk|date=22 February 1996|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304114759/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/diana-flies-in-to-battle-royal-in-pakistan-1320299.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She later visited the hospital again in May 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/princess-diana-a-photo-album/40/|title=Princess Diana: A photo album (slide 40)|work=CBS News|date=15 March 2015 |access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708051351/http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/princess-diana-a-photo-album/37/|archive-date=8 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 1996, she travelled to Chicago in her capacity as president of the Royal Marsden Hospital in order to attend a fundraising event at the [[Field Museum of Natural History]] and raised more than £1&nbsp;million for cancer research.<ref name="Tel-army"/> She additionally visited patients at the [[Cook County Hospital]] and delivered remarks at a conference on breast cancer at the [[Northwestern University]] Chicago campus after meeting a group of breast cancer researchers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/may/princess-dianas-visit-to-northwestern-remembered-on-eve-of-royal-wedding|title=Princess Diana's visit to Northwestern remembered on eve of royal wedding|work=Northwestern Now|first=Storer|last=Rowley|date=17 May 2018|accessdate=4 March 2021|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310234757/https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/may/princess-dianas-visit-to-northwestern-remembered-on-eve-of-royal-wedding|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 1996, after being asked by [[Katharine Graham]], Diana went to Washington and appeared at a White House breakfast in respect of the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo13.htm|title=Diana Photo Gallery (13)|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063206/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo13.htm|archive-date=18 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She also attended an annual fund-raiser for breast cancer research organised by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' at the same centre.<ref name="robinson"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo15.htm|title=Diana Photo Gallery (15)|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327060826/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/gallery/di_photo15.htm|archive-date=27 March 2016|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 1988, Diana opened Children with Leukaemia (later renamed Children with Cancer UK) in memory of two young cancer victims.<ref name="leukaemia-1">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/our-story |title=Our history |work=Children with Cancer UK |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000114/http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/our-story |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="leukaemia-2">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/anniversary |title=27 years of saving young lives |work=Children with Cancer UK |date=16 November 2015 |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305175530/http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/News/anniversary |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="leukaemia-3">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/diana-princess-of-wales |title=Diana, Princess of Wales |work=Children with Cancer UK |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305135335/http://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/diana-princess-of-wales |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 1987, a few days after the death of Jean O'Gorman from cancer, Diana met her family.<ref name="leukaemia-1"/><ref name="leukaemia-2"/> The deaths of Jean and her brother affected her and she assisted their family to establish the charity.<ref name="leukaemia-1"/><ref name="leukaemia-2"/><ref name="leukaemia-3"/> It was opened by her on 12 January 1988 at Mill Hill Secondary School, and she supported it until her death in 1997.<ref name="leukaemia-1"/><ref name="leukaemia-3"/>

===Other areas===
In November 1989, Diana visited a leprosy hospital in Indonesia.<ref name="BBC-Bio">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/ob-divorce.html|title=The Life of Diana, Princess of Wales 1961–1997|work=BBC News|access-date=10 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202131756/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/ob-divorce.html|archive-date=2 December 2010}}</ref><ref name=AIDSQueen/> Following her visit, she became patron of the Leprosy Mission, an organisation dedicated to providing medicine, treatment, and other support services to those who are afflicted with the disease. She remained the patron of this charity<ref name=RemainingCharities/> and visited several of its hospitals around the world, especially in India, Nepal, Zimbabwe and Nigeria until her death in 1997.<ref name="Tel-army"/><ref name=LeprosyMission>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leprosymission.org.uk/about-us-and-leprosy/our-history/diana-princess-of-wales.aspx|title=Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997)|work=The Leprosy Mission|access-date=30 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201005943/http://www.leprosymission.org.uk/about-us-and-leprosy/our-history/diana-princess-of-wales.aspx|archive-date=1 February 2016}}</ref> She touched those affected by the disease when many people believed it could be contracted through casual contact.<ref name="Tel-army"/><ref name="BBC-Bio"/> "It has always been my concern to touch people with leprosy, trying to show in a simple action that they are not reviled, nor are we repulsed", she commented.<ref name=LeprosyMission/> The Diana Princess of Wales Health Education and Media Centre in Noida, India, was opened in her honour in November 1999, funded by the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund to give social support to the people affected by leprosy and disability.<ref name=LeprosyMission/>

Diana was a long-standing and active supporter of Centrepoint, a charity which provides accommodation and support to homeless people, and became patron in 1992.<ref name="Centrepoint-patron">{{Cite web |title=Our Patron Prince William |url=http://centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/our-patron |work=Centrepoint |access-date=21 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520162920/http://centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/our-patron |archive-date=20 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=William becomes patron of the homeless |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1498374/William-becomes-patron-of-the-homeless.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=21 May 2015 |date=14 September 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524140319/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1498374/William-becomes-patron-of-the-homeless.html |archive-date=24 May 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> She supported organisations that battle poverty and homelessness, including [[The Passage (charity)|the Passage]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/prince-william-marks-40th-anniversary-of-the-passage-beloved-princess-diana-charity/|title=Prince William Celebrates a Cause Princess Diana Inspired Him and Prince Harry to Support Decades Ago|magazine=People|first=Simon|last=Perry|date=30 September 2021|accessdate=30 September 2021|archive-date=30 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930193035/https://people.com/royals/prince-william-marks-40th-anniversary-of-the-passage-beloved-princess-diana-charity/|url-status=live}}</ref> Diana was a supporter of young homeless people and spoke out on behalf of them by saying that "they deserve a decent start in life".<ref name="Homeless-Charity">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19951208&id=OUAgAAAAIBAJ&pg=6755,2434043|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|title=People Princess Diana speaks out for homeless young|date=8 December 1995|access-date=31 January 2016|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021011719/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19951208&id=OUAgAAAAIBAJ&pg=6755,2434043|url-status=live}}</ref> "We, as a part of society, must ensure that young people—who are our future—are given the chance they deserve", she said.<ref name="Homeless-Charity"/> Diana used to take young William and Harry for private visits to Centrepoint services and homeless shelters.<ref name="robinson"/><ref name="Centrepoint-patron"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/23/charities-must-work-together-risk-confusing-donors-prince-william/|title=Charities must work together or risk confusing donors, Prince William warns|newspaper=The Telegraph|first=Hannah|last=Furness|date=23 January 2018|access-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124092949/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/23/charities-must-work-together-risk-confusing-donors-prince-william/|archive-date=24 January 2018|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> "The young people at Centrepoint were always really touched by her visits and by her genuine feelings for them", said one of the charity's staff members.<ref name="BBC-Criticism"/> William later became the patron of Centrepoint.<ref name="Centrepoint-patron"/>

[[File:Diana visiting drug squad.jpg|thumb|left|Visiting the drug squad of the [[West Midlands Police]], 1987]]
Diana was a staunch and longtime supporter of charities and organisations that focused on social and mental issues, including [[Relate]] and Turning Point.<ref name="Tel-army"/> Relate was relaunched in 1987 as a renewed version to its predecessor, the National Marriage Guidance Council. Diana became its patron in 1989.<ref name="Tel-army"/> Turning Point, a health and social care organisation, was founded in 1964 to help and support those affected by drug and alcohol misuse and mental health problems. She became the charity's patron in 1987 and visited the charity on a regular basis, meeting the sufferers at its centres or institutions including [[Rampton Secure Hospital|Rampton]] and [[Broadmoor]].<ref name="Tel-army"/> In 1990 during a speech for Turning Point she said, "It takes professionalism to convince a doubting public that it should accept back into its midst many of those diagnosed as psychotics, neurotics and other sufferers who Victorian communities decided should be kept out of sight in the safety of mental institutions".<ref name="Tel-army"/> Despite the protocol problems of travelling to a Muslim country, she made a trip to Pakistan in 1991 in order to visit a rehabilitation centre in Lahore as a sign of "her commitment to working against drug abuse".<ref name="Tel-army"/>