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Accomplishments of Princess Diana. Charity Work of Princess Diana.
One of the greatest accomplishments of Princess Diana was without any doubt the fact that she did succeed in making the world a better place for a lot of people all over the world. Princess Diana helped very many people personally, but she was also a supporter of many charity projects. She played an active role in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a campaign that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. Her participation was due to her concern about injuries landmines create, often to children. One of the accomplishments of Princess Diana was her help to raise AIDS awareness. At the time when people were frightened about catching AIDS by touching someone, she visited people with AIDS to show that this wasn’t true. She showed to the world that people with AIDS deserve compassion and kindness. A lot of charity work of Princess Diana involved children of any kinds. As a patron of the British Deaf Association Princess Diana had taken the initiative to learn a number of words in sign language. She would work on her skill, master it and later use it in her work. The children at East End school for the deaf invented a special sign for her: you run your hand from the front of your hair to the back, referring to her famous hairstyle… One of the achievements of Princess Diana was raising funds for various charities. A lot of charities raised substantial amounts of money from just one appearance by the Princess at a ball or film premiere. However Diana always made sure not to be associated with the glamorous side of things. She would visit every charity under her patronage at least twice a year, talking to the staff personally. Princess Diana had a rare ability to make people happy just by talking to them, shaking their hands, or giving a hug. Her ability to listen, look directly into the eye, and talk to a person in a way that “made you feel that you were the only person that she was at all interested”, made her a subject of true admiration and love of a lot of people that she helped. Once asked if she ever felt depressed about visiting terminally ill patients, she replied: "No, sitting on the edge of someone's bed in those situations is the least complicated relationship you can have in your life. They're happy to see you, you're happy to do whatever small amount you can do just by being there. And it's incredibly energizing. It's what keeps me going."
Diana was a different royal mother: she wanted to keep her children with her, and to give them plenty of love. She would not be afraid to give them love and hugs in public. From their younger years Diana’s children were involved in her charity work: writing letters to some of the people she had met and talked about, visiting sick people in hospitals, visiting together with her the places where homeless people lived. Her sons would never forget the other side of life their mother showed them. It was an idea of Prince William to sell a lot of her dresses for charity. The accomplishments of Princess Diana can be best summarized in the words of Queen Elizabeth II:
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