Published 10:50 IST, April 17th 2020
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle hand out meals to needy in LA amid coronavirus lockdown
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have been reportedly volunteering with an organisation in Los Angeles to deliver food to the needy and vulnerable.
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Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have been reportedly volunteering with an organisation in Los Angeles to deliver food to needy and vulnerable amid coronavirus outbreak. While COVID-19 cases are increasing in California and due to lockdown people are t allowed to leave ir homes, Harry and Meghan are volunteering with Project Angel Food to hand out meals for ir charity.
According to an international media outlet, couple has also been donning N95 masks and gloves as a precaution and dropped off seven days’ worth of perishable meals to 20 clients last week. clients were reportedly also gifted three weeks’ worth of shelf-stable food. While speaking to a media outlet, Project Angel Food said that coronavirus has caused a massive spike in calls to ir service from people who are too sick to leave ir homes for groceries, hence, couple has been doing to ir bit to help vulnerable people.
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First public activity since moving to California
As per reports, Prince Harry and Meghan have been kcking on people’s door to provide m with meals and residents are left rar in shock to see couple standing in front of m. A resident reportedly said that couple were dressed so casually and y didn’t expect to see m at door. communications manr Anne-Marie Williams told a media outlet that couple first volunteered on Easter Sunday and n again on Wednesday.
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Williams reportedly said that pair quietly continued delivering meals to relieve overworked drivers who have faced an increasing worklo since lockdown began. As per reports, Prince Harry and Meghan have handed out for to 20 families and y have ‘rocked ir worlds’. volunteering also marks first kwn public activity of couple since moving to California at start of state’s coronavirus lockdown.
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Earlier this year, Prince Harry and Meghan said that y wanted to take a ‘progressive new role’ aimed at giving ir son a chance to grow up ‘rmally’ with awareness about his royal herit. couple, in a statement, said that y intend to become financially independent while extending full support to Queen.
Meanwhile, coronavirus, which originated in China in December 2019, has w claimed over 146,000 lives worldwide as of April 17. According to tally by an international news ncy, pandemic has w spre to 210 countries and territories and has infected more than 2.1 million people. Out of total infections, more than 547,000 have recovered but easily spre virus is continuing to disrupt many lives. Major cities have been put under lockdown in almost all countries including Spain, and ecomy is struggling.
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11:00 IST, April 17th 2020