Meghan Markle paid a personal visit to the memorial for victims of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting. Dressed incognito in a baseball cap, white tee and jeans, the Duchess of Sussex was spotted laying down a bouquet of white roses. Meghan also walked around reading victims’ names, which were written on white wooden crosses adorned with blue hearts.
That’s not all the duchess contributed, however. According to BuzzFeed News, Meghan also visited a community center’s blood drive dedicated to helping the shooting’s survivors. Donating two crates of food, beverages, and desserts, Meghan also chatted up blood drive volunteers, who had no idea they were in the company of royalty. “She just was carrying on a conversation like her and I knew each other for years,” volunteer Gloria Contreras told the outlet. “We were talking about Texas and Uvalde and how it is to be in a small town and how everybody is so kind and warm-hearted and know we know each other and stuff and how the faith is deep-rooted.”
As her representative confirmed, Meghan was in Uvalde “in a personal capacity as a mother” to support “a community experiencing unimaginable grief.” As one Twitter user also pointed out, the duchess was a woman of action in this instance, noting, “Meghan Markle didn’t just send ‘thoughts & prayers.’ She got on a plane, flew thousands of miles, & volunteered to help a hurting community.”
Nicki
