The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have volunteered at a back-to-school charity event marking their first charity engagement since lockdown.
Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 39, both wear face masks, scattered supplies, clothing and diapers during a transit ride through the charity of Los Angeles Baby2Baby, which provides basic amenities for families in need.
Pictures show the couple delivering through the windows of cars at Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary School in South LA on Wednesday.
The pair cut casual figures, with Meghan sporting loose khaki shorts with a white shirt and trainers, and Harry going for a similar look plus a baseball cap.
The Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 39 (pictured), volunteered at an all-inclusive event in Los Angeles on Wednesday
A series of photos show the couple delivering supplies through the windows of cars at Dr. Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary School in South LA (pictured)
A masked Harry and Meghan handed out school supplies, clothing and diapers to families in need at a drive-to event in Los Angeles. Organized by charity baby2baby
The volunteer work comes after it emerged that the couple had bought a property in the famous Santa Barbara hotspot for a reported £ 11 million.
The couple had been at home for a while after moving to the US from Canada just before catching the coronavirus.
Harry and Meghan plunged the royal family into a period of crisis when they announced earlier this year that they wanted to return from their positions as senior royals and become financially independent.
A summit of senior royals was convened by the Queen at Sandringham to discuss the issue, with Harry sitting down for talks with his grandmother, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge.
It was later announced that they would no longer be working members of the monarchy, would divide their time between Canada and the United Kingdom, with the majority in North America, and would no longer be known as HRH.
The couple’s appearance comes just days after Omid Scobie claimed Meghan Markle and Prince Harry would return to the UK to restore their charity work once making travel restrictions easier.
The couple volunteered at charity Baby2Baby, which provides basic amenities for families in need. Pictured, Prince Harry delivers supplies through car windows
Meghan Markle opted for loose khaki shorts with a white shirt and trainers, while Prince Harry looks similar plus a baseball cap
The co-author of bombshell biography Finding Freedom, currently the UK’s best-selling book, said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be traveling to Britain in both a private and professional capacity.
Speaking to Royal Central, Scobie said the couple ‘love to get out and be active in the field’.
‘Harry and Meghan have made it clear that their work in the UK, including their royal patrons, will continue,’ he explained.
‘Although their base will be in the US, I think once the travel restrictions are eased, we will see them move again and make trips to the UK, both private and professional. ‘
He added: ‘Much of the work she has already started, including all four of Meghan’s patrons, is here on British soil.’
But despite Scobie pointing out that the Queen has told the couple, who fell as senior members of the company in March, that the door is ‘open’, he said he does not believe they will go to the UK full time return working royals.
“It is safe to say that this is a couple who are very forward-thinking and clearly in a good place,” he told the publication.
‘The Sussexes are more concerned with the problems that are more important to them than ever, the work on Archewell – their non-profit organization – is continuing, and, as we have recently seen, they have established a permanent family base in California.
‘The UK will always be important to them, but I do not think we will ever do that again as working royals.’
Baby2Baby supplies basic necessities, such as diapers, wipes and clothes, to children and families in need and has distributed more than 30 million critical items to hundreds of thousands of children in the US since March. Pictured, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
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