Public life Diana, Princess of Wales

1 public life

1.1 public appearances
1.2 charity work , patronage
1.3 areas of work

1.3.1 hiv/aids
1.3.2 landmines
1.3.3 cancer
1.3.4 other areas

public life
public appearances

in october 1981, prince , princess visited wales. diana attended state opening of parliament first time on 4 november 1981. first solo engagement visit regent street on 18 november 1981 switch on christmas lights. attended trooping colour first time in june 1982, making appearance on balcony of buckingham palace afterwards. princess made inaugural overseas tour in september 1982, attend state funeral of grace, princess of monaco. in 1982, diana accompanied prince of wales netherlands , created grand cross of order of crown queen beatrix of netherlands. in 1983, accompanied prince on tour of australia , new zealand prince william, met representatives of māori people. visit canada in june , july 1983 included trip edmonton open 1983 summer universiade , stop in newfoundland commemorate 400th anniversary of island s acquisition crown.

in february 1984, diana patron of london city ballet when travelled norway on own attend performance organised company. in april 1985, prince , princess of wales visited italy, , later joined princes william , harry. met president alessandro pertini. visit holy see included private audience pope john paul ii. in november 1985, couple visited united states, meeting president ronald reagan , first lady nancy reagan @ white house. diana had busy year in 1986. embarked prince of wales on tour of japan, indonesia, spain, , canada. in canada visited expo 86. in 1988, prince , princess of wales visited thailand , toured australia bicentenary celebrations. in february 1989, spent few days in new york solo visit. during tour of harlem hospital center, made profound impact on public spontaneously hugging seven-year-old child aids.

in march 1990, , prince of wales toured nigeria , cameroon. president of cameroon hosted official dinner welcome them in yaoundé. highlights of tour included visits princess of wales hospitals , projects focusing on women s development. in may 1990, visited hungary 4 days. first visit members of royal family former warsaw pact country . attended dinner hosted interim president Árpád göncz , viewed fashion display @ museum of applied arts in budapest. peto institute among places visited princess, , presented director honorary obe. in november 1990, royal couple went japan attend enthronement of emperor akihito.

in desire play encouraging role during gulf war, princess of wales visited germany in december 1990 meet families of soldiers. subsequently travelled germany in january 1991 visit raf bruggen, , later wrote encouraging letter published in soldier, navy news , raf news. in 1991, prince , princess of wales visited queen s university in kingston, ontario, presented university replica of royal charter. in september 1991, princess visited pakistan on solo trip, , went brazil charles. during brazilian tour, diana paid visits organisations battled homelessness among street children. final trips charles india , south korea in 1992. visited mother teresa s hospice in kolkata, india, in 1992, , 2 women developed personal relationship.

although in december 1993 had announced withdraw public life, stated in november 1994 wished make partial return . in capacity vice-president of british red cross, interested in playing important part 125th anniversary celebrations. later, queen formally invited attend anniversary celebrations of d-day. in february 1995, princess visited japan. paid formal visit emperor akihito , empress michiko. in june 1995, diana went venice visit venice biennale art festival , visited moscow received international leonardo prize. in november 1995, princess undertook four-day trip argentina in order attend charity event. princess visited many other countries, including belgium, nepal, switzerland, , zimbabwe, alongside numerous others. during separation charles lasted 4 years, participated in major national occasions senior member of royal family, notably including commemorations of 50th anniversaries of victory in europe day , victory on japan day in 1995. princess s 36th , final birthday celebration held @ tate gallery commemorative event gallery s 100th anniversary.

charity work , patronage

in 1983, confided in then-premier of newfoundland, brian peckford, finding difficult cope pressures of being princess of wales, learning cope it. princess of wales, expected make regular public appearances @ hospitals, schools, , other facilities, in 20th-century model of royal patronage. mid-1980s, became increasingly associated numerous charities. carried out 191 official engagements in 1988 , 397 in 1991. princess developed intense interest in serious illnesses , health-related matters outside purview of traditional royal involvement, including aids , leprosy. in recognition of effect philanthropist, stephen lee, director of uk institute of charity fundraising managers, said overall effect on charity more significant other person s in 20th century.

the princess on royal visit official opening of community centre on whitehall road, bristol, in may 1987

in addition health-related matters, diana s extensive charity work included campaigning animal protection , fight against use of landmines. patroness of charities , organisations working homeless, youth, drug addicts, , elderly. 1989, president of great ormond street hospital children. 1991 1996, patron of headway, brain injury association. patron of natural history museum , president of royal academy of music. 1984 1996, president of barnardo s, charity founded dr. thomas john barnardo in 1866 care vulnerable children , young people. in 1988, became patron of british red cross , supported organisations in other countries such australia , canada. made several lengthy visits each week royal brompton hospital, worked comfort ill or dying patients. in 1992, became first patron of chester childbirth appeal, charity had supported since 1984. charity, named after 1 of diana s royal titles, raise on £1 million help.

her patronages included landmine survivors network, aged, national hospital neurology , neurosurgery, british lung foundation, eureka! (joint patron prince charles), national children s orchestra, british red cross youth, guinness trust, meningitis trust, malcolm sargent cancer fund children, royal school blind, welsh national opera, variety club of new zealand, birthright, british deaf association, england lawn tennis , croquet club, anglo-european college of chiropractic, royal anthropological institute of great britain , ireland, royal national orthopaedic hospital, british sports association disabled, british youth opera, commonwealth society deaf, faculty of dental surgery of royal college of surgeons of england, london city ballet, london symphony orchestra, parkinson s disease society, pre-school playgroups association, worshipful company of merchant taylors, president or patron of other charities.

diana greeted luciano pavarotti on arrival in modena, italy, benefit concert pavarotti & friends children of bosnia raise money bosnian children, september 1995

in june 1995, princess travelled moscow. paid visit children s hospital had supported providing them medical equipment. in moscow, received international leonardo prize, given distinguished patrons , people in arts, medicine, , sports . in december 1995, diana received united cerebral palsy humanitarian of year award in new york city philanthropic efforts. in october 1996, works on elderly, princess awarded gold medal @ health care conference organised pio manzù centre in rimini, italy.

the day after divorce, announced resignation on 100 charities spend more time six: centrepoint, english national ballet, great ormond street hospital, leprosy mission, national aids trust, , royal marsden hospital. continued work british red cross anti-personnel land mines campaign, no longer listed patron.

in may 1997, princess opened richard attenborough centre disability , arts in leicester, after being asked friend richard attenborough. in june 1997, dresses , suits sold @ christie s auction houses in london , new york, , proceeds earned these events donated charities. final official engagement visit northwick park hospital, london, on 21 july 1997.

areas of work
hiv/aids

the princess began work aids victims in 1980s. in 1989, opened landmark aids centre in south london. not averse making physical contact aids patients, though still unknown whether disease spread way. diana first british royal figure contact aids patients. in 1987, held hands aids patient in 1 of efforts de-stigmatise condition. diana noted: hiv not make people dangerous know. can shake hands , give them hug. heaven knows need it. s more, can share homes, workplaces, , playgrounds , toys. diana s disappointment, queen did not support type of charity work, suggesting involved in more pleasant . in october 1990, diana opened grandma s house, home young aids victims in washington, d.c. patron of national aids trust. in 1991, famously hugged 1 victim during visit aids ward of middlesex hospital, had opened in 1987 first hospital unit dedicated cause in uk. patron of turning point, health , social care organisation, diana visited project in london people hiv/aids in 1992. later established , led fundraising campaigns aids research.

in march 1997, diana visited south africa, met president nelson mandela. on 2 november 2002, mandela announced nelson mandela children s fund teaming diana, princess of wales memorial fund victims of aids. had planned combination of 2 charities few months before death. when stroked limbs of leprosy or sat on bed of man hiv/aids , held hand, transformed public attitudes , improved life chances of such people, mandela said late princess. diana had used celebrity status fight stigma attached people living hiv/aids , mandela said. in october 2017, attitude magazine honoured diana legacy award hiv/aids work. prince harry accepted award on behalf of mother.

landmines

diana chatting in map room united states first lady hillary clinton, 18 june 1997

diana patron of halo trust, organisation removes debris left behind war, in particular landmines. in january 1997, pictures of diana touring angolan minefield in ballistic helmet , flak jacket seen worldwide. during campaign, accused of meddling in politics , called loose cannon . despite criticism, halo states diana s efforts resulted in raising international awareness landmines , subsequent sufferings caused them. in june 1997, gave speech @ landmines conference held @ royal geographical society, , travelled washington, d.c. promote american red cross landmines campaign. 7 10 august 1997, days before death, visited bosnia , herzegovina jerry white , ken rutherford of landmine survivors network.

her work on landmines issue has been described influential in signing of ottawa treaty, created international ban on use of anti-personnel landmines. introducing second reading of landmines bill 1998 british house of commons, foreign secretary, robin cook, paid tribute diana s work on landmines:

all honourable members aware postbags of immense contribution made diana, princess of wales bringing home many of our constituents human costs of landmines. best way in record our appreciation of work, , work of ngos have campaigned against landmines, pass bill, , pave way towards global ban on landmines.

carol bellamy, executive director of united nations children s fund (unicef), said landmines remained deadly attraction children, innate curiosity , need play lure them directly harm s way . urged countries produce , stockpile largest numbers of landmines (united states, china, india, north korea, pakistan, , russia) sign treaty. few months after diana s death in 1997, international campaign ban landmines won nobel peace prize.

cancer

for first solo official trip, diana visited royal marsden nhs foundation trust, cancer treatment hospital in london. later chose charity among organisations benefited auction of clothes in new york. trust s communications manager said, princess had done remove stigma , taboo associated diseases such cancer, aids, hiv , leprosy. diana became president of hospital on 27 june 1989. wolfson children s cancer unit opened diana on 25 february 1993. in june 1996, travelled chicago in capacity president of royal marsden hospital in order attend fundraising event , raised more £1 million cancer research. in september 1996, after being asked katharine graham, princess went washington , appeared @ white house breakfast in respect of nina hyde center breast cancer research. attended annual fund-raiser breast cancer research organised washington post @ same center.

children leukaemia (currently children cancer uk) opened princess of wales in memory of 2 young cancer victims in 1988. in november 1987, few days after death of jean o gorman cancer, diana met family. deaths of jean , brother had impact on princess, , assisted family establish charity. opened on 12 january 1988 @ mill hill secondary school, , supported until death in 1997.

other areas

in november 1989, princess visited leprosy hospital in indonesia. following visit, became patron of leprosy mission, organisation dedicated providing medicine, treatment, , other support services afflicted disease. remained patron of charity until death in 1997, , visited several of hospitals around world, in india, nepal, zimbabwe , nigeria. famously touched affected disease when many people believed contracted through casual contact. has been concern touch people leprosy, trying show in simple action not reviled, nor repulsed, commented. diana princess of wales health education , media centre in noida, india, opened in honour in november 1999, funded diana princess of wales memorial fund give social support people affected leprosy , disability.

diana long-standing , active supporter of centrepoint, charity provides accommodation , support homeless people, , became patron in 1992. supported organisations battle poverty , homelessness. princess supporter of young homeless people , spoke out on behalf of them saying deserve decent start in life . we, part of society, must ensure young people – our future – given chance deserve, said. diana used take young william , harry private visits centrepoint services. young people @ centrepoint touched visits , genuine feelings them, said 1 of charity s staff members. prince william patron of charity.

diana staunch , longtime supporter of charities , organisations focused on social , mental issues, including relate , turning point. relate relaunched in 1987 renewed version predecessor, national marriage guidance council. diana became patron in 1989. turning point, health , social care organisation, founded in 1964 , support affected drug , alcohol misuse , mental health problems. became charity s patron in 1987 , visited charity on regular basis, meeting sufferers @ centres or institutions including rampton , broadmoor. in 1990 during speech turning point said, takes professionalism convince doubting public should accept midst many of diagnosed psychotics, neurotics , other sufferers victorian communities decided should kept out of sight in safety of mental institutions. despite protocol problems of travelling muslim country, made trip pakistan later year in order visit rehabilitation centre in lahore sign of commitment working against drug abuse .