Healthy Harry is helping tackle the stigma surround HIV testing by getting one himself – while streaming it live on social media.
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The 31-year-old Royal sat down with a hospital staff member for the test and it was over in seconds. He had his finger pricked and almost instantly got the result (which was negative, by the way).
“It’s amazing how quickly it is, some blood tests you have to wait weeks,” Harry said.
“I can understand the fear; I cannot get my head around the stigma part.
“Twenty years ago I could understand it, but now?”
His mum, Princess Diana, did much work trying to raise awareness of HIV testing in 1987 when she was pictured holding an AIDS patient’s hand.
HIV rates in the UK are on the rise, with 17 per cent of positive patients not knowing they even have the infection, and then unintentionally spreading it.
The prince called on ALL people to get tested, saying: “Whether you’re a man, woman, gay, straight black, white or a ginger, why wouldn’t you come have a test.”
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) causes HIV infection, then leading to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).
Prince Harry has a charity called Sentebale, raising awareness for young people in sub-Saharan Africa affected by HIV/AIDS.
VIDEO: Prince Harry gets tested for HIV
