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What Diana might be best remembered for is her compassion. (It’s definitely been passed on to her sons!) Like every royal, Diana supported various charities, but none took it so far. She famously walked across a partially cleared minefield in Angola to spread awareness of landmines. She shook hands with an HIV positive patient and visited Brazilian AIDS orphans in April 1987, when the disease was very misunderstood and stigmatized. “HIV does not make people dangerous to know,” the princess said, “so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.”

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