Prince Harry today compared the Covid-19 crisis to HIV, claiming in a YouTube video that 'corporate greed and political failure have prolonged both pandemics'.
The Duke of Sussex told viewers today that there were 'striking parallels between Covid-19 and another deadly pandemic, one that emerged 40 years ago – HIV'.
The 37-year-old made the comments in a video which featured footage of his late mother Princess Diana who was known for raising awareness surrounding HIV/Aids.
The clip also featured Harry and his wife Meghan Markle during the Global Citizen Live event in New York in September which called for a vaccine equity policy.
Today's video came out on World Aids Day as part of the People's Vaccine Alliance coalition of groups and activists which is campaigning for a 'people's vaccine'.
The alliance is backed by organisations including UNAids – the joint United Nations programme on HIV/Aids - as well as Oxfam and Amnesty International.
Harry also wrote a letter to World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and UNAids executive director Winnie Byanyima, saying how 'deeply grateful' Diana would have been for their achievements.
Prince Harry at the Global Citizen Live event at Central Park in New York City on September 25
Harry also wrote a letter to WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and UNAids chief Winnie Byanyima, saying how 'deeply grateful' Diana would have been for their work
Prince Harry said in today's clip: 'There are striking parallels between Covid-19 and another deadly pandemic, one that emerged 40 years ago - HIV.'
He then added: 'This is a story about how corporate greed and political failure have prolonged both pandemics, and what we can do to stop it.'
The Duke said: 'In the early 2000s, a wave of activism helped break drug company monopolies, giving millions of people