PRINCESS OF HEARTS – Heart warming letter Princess Diana wrote to an AIDS patient revealed for the first time,set to be auctioned despite..

A letter written by Princess Diana to an AIDS victim in the 1990s is to be auctioned in Cornwall.

In a moving letter written to Michael Nanson in April 1994, Princess Diana spoke of her “courage and quiet strength” in surviving AIDS.

Princess Diana was a global icon and used her fame to help others both publicly and privately. In this private letter, She contacted Michael, a young flight attendant who contracted AIDS in the early 1990s. He died two months after receiving the letter. Diana’s letter written on cream and burgundy Kensington typewriter The letter is written on Diana’s personal cream and burgundy Kensington letterhead.

In the letter, she wrote:

“Dear Michael, “Your sister had the very kind idea to tell me about the courage and quiet strength you have with AIDS… \ n ” I was so happy to hear from him because it allowed me to send this short letter “Although this is not enough, it comes with my thoughts and prayers – and the sure knowledge that your courageous example is an inspiration to others. . . “With love, “Diana.”

The letter is expected to fetch several thousand pounds at auction.

Princess Diana had a special interest in HIV and AIDS, and she helped change the public’s perception of the disease as early as the 1980s. In 1987, Diana opened Britain’s first HIV/AIDS specialist at London’s Middlesex Hospital and shook the hand of a man living with HIV, signaling with one gesture that the condition needed compassion and understanding, not fear and ignorance . . Bobby Warrington of Lanner Lay’s Auctioneers says the letter is “culturally significant” and “shows that Princess Diana really was a people’s princess because she only did this to help someone who was dying of AIDS.” .

The letter and a collection of contemporary royal memorabilia will be sold at Lay’s Auctioneers in Lanner, Cornwall on Thursday 23 May. Michael’s family is selling it to mark the 30th anniversary of his death, and the family plans to use the money for a small celebration in his memory..