Invictus Games
The Good Samaritan: Meghan Markle gives her coat to a woman with a freezing baby
Meghan Markle scored a lot of plus points in the Netherlands with her coat campaign.
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Meghan Markle has delighted her fans in the Netherlands with a selfless act. As part of the Invictus Games, she took off her coat so a baby wouldn’t have to keep freezing.
Finally positive headlines for Meghan and Harry again. The Duchess of Sussex is getting a lot of praise for a good deed. In the Netherlands, she is currently taking part in the Invictus Games with her husband, Prince Harry. There, Markle drew everyone’s attention on Friday because she took off her coat on the way to the venue in The Hague and gave it to a woman who used it to wrap her baby. The images quickly caused a stir on social media.
“En route to the venue, the pair were escorted by competitors and family members from #TeamNetherlands, one of whom was proudly carrying a newborn baby,” royal reporter Omid Scobie wrote alongside the video, which he shared on Twitter. It shows Markle next to the woman, who is carrying her baby wrapped in the long, camel-colored coat. When Markle noticed the sudden drop in temperature, Scobie said, “Meghan quickly handed her coat to the mother to keep the baby warm.”
Meghan Markle’s fans are full of praise
It didn’t take long for fans, cheered on by Meghan’s act of caring, to turn to Princess Diana. The “Independent” quotes fans as saying: “Harry has found an amazingly caring woman. His mother would be proud” and “A good mother is a good mother for everyone’s child”. Despite everything, Meghan has not changed, it was also read online, is still friendly and caring.
It is the first time Prince Harry and his wife have been in Europe together since the surprise departure from the royal family two and a half years ago. Harry, who was a soldier himself in Afghanistan, founded the Invictus Games, a sports competition for war wounded, in 2014. This year more than 500 veterans from 20 countries will participate. However, the games could not take place in the past two years due to corona. The competitions are scheduled to run until next Friday. The couple also visited Queen Elizabeth II in the UK on Thursday.
Source: independent German press agency