Prince Harry Live-Streams His HIV Test [VIDEO]

The BBC reports:

Prince Harry has been tested for HIV in an effort raise awareness about the condition and encourage others to get checked out. The prince walked into a sexual health clinic in Burrell Street, central London to have the finger-prick test – for which he tested negative.

The 31-year-old has made raising awareness about HIV and Aids a major element of his public work. There are more than 100,000 people living with HIV in the UK.

The prince had to wait only a few moments to get his results, while his blood sample was mixed with chemicals and poured into a test tray. The negative result was indicated by a blue spot seen in the tray. However, if two spots had appeared he would have needed further tests to confirm if he was HIV positive.

More from NBC News:

Video of the test, which included an unidentified health worker walking him through the procedure, was streamed live on the British royal family’s Facebook page.

“It is amazing how quick it is,” the 31-year-old Harry said during his appointment at a London hospital. The famously red-headed royal added: “So whether you’re a man, woman, gay, straight, black or white — even ginger — why wouldn’t you come an have a test?”

The video hearkened back to groundbreaking images of Harry’s late mother, Princess Diana, reaching out to people with HIV in the 1980s. Diana’s gestures — including a photograph of her shaking hands with an HIV-positive man and hugging children with AIDS — went a long way toward removing the stigma around it.