Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage
Meghan MarkleandPrince Harryare heading to New York City for their first joint public outing in months.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will attend Global Citizen Live from Central Park “to continue their urgent work with world leaders in the pursuit of global vaccine equity to end the COVID-19 pandemic for everyone, everywhere,” according toGlobal Citizen.
Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, previously served as Campaign Chairs ofGlobal Citizen’s VAX Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, where Prince Harry gave animpassioned speechabout the importance of vaccine equity.
“Over the past year, our world has experienced pain, loss and struggle — together. Now we need to recover and heal — together,” the couple said in a previous statement on the subject. “We can’t leave anybody behind. We will all benefit, we will all be safer, when everyone, everywhere has equal access to the vaccine.”
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They continued, “We must pursue equitable vaccine distribution and, in that, restore faith in our common humanity. The mission couldn’t be more critical or important.”
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Chris Jackson/Getty
The New York event — which will feature performances from Coldplay,Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo and more from Central Park’s Great Lawn — joins a 24-hour broadcast from cities around the world calling on G7 countries and the European Union to share at least 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses with those most in need and support calls for a waiver on COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property rights. The campaign is also calling on vaccine providers to share mRNA technology with the new World Health Organization-backed transfer hub based in South Africa.
Meghan also returned to the Big Apple in September 2019 tosupport Williams in the US Open final.
Meghan Markle.Charles McQuillan/Getty
Meghan andPrince Harryrelocated to Californiawith son Archie in 2020 afterstepping down as senior members of the royal family.
After spending time inTyler Perry’sBeverly Hills mansion, the couplebought a home in the picturesque seaside town of Santa Barbara, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.
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“What Meghan said is she wanted to show Harry Los Angeles through the eyes of philanthropy. It’s just beautiful,” Richard Ayoub, Project Angel Food’s executive director, told PEOPLE. “There’s obviously a great deal of love and selflessness between them.”
In June, they welcomed their second child, a daughter namedLilibet Diana.
source: people.com
