The 1980s AIDS epidemic became one of the most tumultuous times in recent history. A generation of boys fought a losing battle and many never appeared again. Their names lost to time and even long forgotten by families too ashamed to remember. Only now, decades on, do we really understand the gravity of Princess Diana's work. Her fight against prejudice and the struggle to give a voice to a community terrorised by stigma and loss, changed perceptions of this ruthless disease forever.