skept skeptically city. to have the glitzy member of the british royal family arriving in their city, yes, a lot of them loved it but wouldn t be new york if it didn t also provoke a bit of criticism. the new york post said she was a high-priced welfare mother living off her husband s money. what could she possibly be going here that s going to make a difference? part of her power was to project a glamourous image, she did that if full, and then she did something that was the antithesis. diana confounded expectations of her. because she went to parts of the city where they would not expect a princess to show up. diana went to harlem and visited a pediatric aids unit. the princess had an emotional meeting with children suffering from aids. she wanted to know more about children whose aids were complicated by mother s drug abuse. i was eight years old at the time princess diana came to visit harlem hospital and i was