Diana, Princess of Wales, Opening the Broderip Ward at the Middlesex Hospital, London, in April 1987. (John Shelley Collection/Avalon/Getty)
A permanent memorial for those who lost their lives to the HIV and AIDS crisis will have its home in London’s Tottenham Court Road.
The sculpture will sit in Tottenham Court Road near the former Middlesex Hospital, which was where the UK’s first AIDS unit was opened by Princess Diana in 1987.
The hospital was the spot where, in front of the world’s media, Princess Diana shook the hand of an AIDS patient without wearing gloves. The moment challenged the irrational fear that HIV and AIDS could be transmitted through casual contact.