![]() ![]() Yes, she was “very honored” to have received the queen’s benediction, but it’s sure been a long time coming, in which time Camilla has never put a foot outside the line of the done thing. Speaking of Princess Diana’s taboo-defying outreach to people with HIV and AIDS, Harry said: “What my mum did, and so many other people did at that time, was to smash that wall down, and kick the door open and say, ‘No, when people are suffering, then we need to learn more.’”Ĭamilla hasn’t so much kicked down the door as waited around politely outside it, not making a fuss, until the royals belatedly opened it a crack and let her in. He spoke about how his mother’s work “was unfinished” saying he felt “obligated to try and continue that as much as possible.” Harry responded: “I could never fill her shoes, especially in this particular space, because of what she did and what she stood for and how vocal she was about this issue, but it’s a converging of all these different pieces. ![]() A memory of Diana opening London’s first dedicated HIV clinic 35 years ago was the item Thomas chose to kick off the discussion. Harry and Thomas were chatting to promote a national HIV awareness and get-tested drive in the U.K. This was thanks to the release of a video chat with Gareth Thomas, the legendary Welsh rugby player who came out as gay in 2009 and revealed he was HIV positive in 2018. Of course, this week should have been all about Camilla, given her triumphant elevation to the role of queen-in-waiting by Queen Elizabeth II this week, completing a remarkable journey from reviled “other woman” to official strength and stay.īut, by a bitter quirk of fate, Harry was keeping his mother’s memory in the spotlight. “Very honored,” replied Camilla, without missing a beat. Camilla, meanwhile, who was not sick and had tested negative for COVID, according to her aides, was on an engagement when she was asked by a member of the public how she felt about the queen’s jubilee announcement at the weekend that she wanted Camilla to be the next queen. ![]()
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