The royal made a visit to London’s sexual health charity, NAZ, an organisation providing support and advice for minority ethnic communities in the British capital.
Happily chatting to staff, the 32-year-old voiced his desire to help break down the stigma that surrounds HIV.
In fact, Harry used his voice to join in with the charity’s Joyful Noise Choir.
The charismatic royal supported the 25-member group, all who are all living with HIV. Not only did he hear their incredible stories, five of the HIV-positive members agreed to go public and be photographed with the fifth-in-line-to-throne.
Harry’s openness encouraged the HIV-positive members to share their private stories.
Harry donned the same bracelet as his girlfriend, Meghan Markle.
“I don’t want to be here in 10 years talking to you guys and saying we’re making a difference,” he said.
“There’s no reason why we can’t turn this around in two or three years. Not talking about something can actually kill you. People are happy to talk about their youngest child having cancer, that might even kill them, but the other child who has HIV, they don’t talk about that.”
He continued, “Thirty years ago it was pretty much a death sentence, but so many people have put blood, sweat and tears into essentially fixing the problem.”
“For some reason, though, there is a large group of people who don’t know that things have come so far. We have got to do this and people have got to hear it from you, they don’t want to hear it from me.”
Members of the choir were moved by the royal’s incredible efforts and ongoing support.
Speaking of the public HIV test he took in July, one person said that it was “one of the greatest things you ever did.”
To which he replied: “It was one of the easiest things I ever did.”
The charity’s chief executive Marion Wadibia admitted, “The weight of his presence really resonated, and if he can move that many people in four minutes, we can really make a difference in the next two or three years.”
