Princess Diana spent much time in the south during royal visits and also in her personal life.

She spent a weekend with Princes Charles on a yacht on the Isle of Wight and chose to send her sons to a school in Berkshire.

Diana also attracted crowds wherever she went - Brighton, Kent or Portsmouth.

Sally Simmonds looks back at the time she spent in the ITV News Meridian region.

When Princess Diana shook a HIV patient's hand in 1987 without wearing gloves she changed attitudes worldwide.

On the anniversary of her death, the Sussex Beacon charity in Brighton has spoken about the importance of the support she showed patients two decades ago.

In Brighton and Hove, there are more people living with HIV than anywhere in the UK outside of London.

An interview with Jason Warriner from The Sussex Beacon