Harry: Every single one of us has a duty to get an HIV test
The Duke of Sussex (right) with former Wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas (Image: Peter Nicholls/PA)
The Duke of Sussex has urged Britons to “go and get a test” for HIV as he told former rugby star Gareth Thomas how he feels a responsibility to carry on his mother’s “unfinished” work.
Harry and ex-Wales captain Thomas, who are friends, chatted in-depth on a 30-minute video call to mark National HIV Testing Week.
The Duke described himself as “a typical guy” who just wants to “fix things”, and said he feels an “obligation” to try to continue Diana, Princess of Wales’s bid to remove stigma surrounding the illness.
They discussed how normalising HIV testing could help achieve the goal of ending new HIV cases in the UK by 2030.
The Duke, speaking from California, said: “Every single one of us has a duty, or at least an opportunity, to get tested ourselves or to make it easier for everybody else to get tested. And then it just becomes a regular thing like anything else.
“This testing week, especially in the UK, or wherever you are in the world, go and get a test. Let people know that you know your status. Do it!”
As part of National HIV Testing Week, which began on February 7, free HIV home test kits can be ordered in the UK at www.startswithme.org.uk or tests can be carried out at local sexual health or community clinics.
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