Meghan Markle cuts final ties to UK after stepping down as patron from animal charity Mayhew
dailyrecord.co.ukMeghan Markle has cut one of her remaining ties to the UK after announcing the end of her Royal Patronage with animal charity Mayhew.
The Duchess' commitment to Mayhew was one of the few roles she kept when she and Prince Harry stepped back as full-time royals in 2020.
The London-based charity announced the end of their patronage today, while adding it had been "an incredible privilege" to work closely with the Duchess.The mother-of-two also shared an open letter detailing her heartbreak as close friend Oli Juste, an animal behaviourist who introduced her to Mayhew in 2019, tragically died earlier this year.In this letter, the Duchess added that the new wing of the charity's animal shelter would be named after him.Meghan also praised the charity's work through the coronavirus pandemic and in the evacuation of Afghanistan last summer.Her decision to quit leaves only one charity patronage left for her in Britain, the women’s clothes and job interview coaching charity Smart Works, which did not respond last night to questions about whether she remained a patron.Many royal insiders wonder whether she will ever return to Britain, where she and Harry retain a home in theory at Frogmore Cottage.Their 10-month-old daughter, Lilibet, has never met her family in the UK and their son Archie, who will be three in May, has not been here since autumn 2019.During her three-year patronage of the charity, the Duchess used her public standing to promote the work of Mayhew.In 2021, she wrote an essay highlighting the work it had done delivering care packages to pet owners stuck in lockdown or isolation during the pandemic.The Duchess said that "despite the hardship, Mayhew has been able to continue providing vital support to cats and
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