Last May, when Prince Harry was in London for the tenth-anniversary service for the Invictus Games, King Charles organized an especially pointed event. Charles formally handed over the commander-in-chief of the Army Air Corps patronage to Prince William. They appeared together (they did not arrive or leave together) for a photocall, and then William bumbled around in a uniform and made vroom-vroom noises in a helicopter (I’m including the photos from last year’s handover). The event was organized as a message to Prince Harry, because Harry served in the Army Air Corps in Afghanistan. Since that handover, William has done very little with the military patronage. He was scheduled to fly to Suffolk today for an event, but he canceled at the last minute. Perhaps it was all of that boozing in Birmingham yesterday?

Prince William was forced to cancel a royal outing on Thursday, Jan. 16. The Prince of Wales, 42, was planning to visit families and servicemen and women at a military regiment where he holds a prestigious royal role.

But the weather meant that the outing to the Army Air Corps (AAC) regiment in Wattisham, Suffolk, had to be postponed. In a message, Kensington Palace said the poor weather would have “significantly restricted the planned program.”

“The Prince of Wales sends his sincere apologies to those who he had been due to meet and hopes to reschedule his visit at the earliest convenience.”

William had been due to arrive in style at the AAC regiment in Wattisham — in a Wildcat Helicopter. The chopper is critical for reconnaissance, and William had been expected to talk to the armed forces members about the Corps’ work and meet teams training at the facility. He was also expected to spend time with soldiers and their families for a discussion about the experiences of the regiment from the perspective of those enlisted, and talk on the importance of resilience and adaptability as well as the importance of caring for one’s mental health and physical wellbeing.

[From People]

It’s perfectly possible that the weather was simply too bad, but this is telling: “William had been due to arrive in style at the AAC regiment in Wattisham — in a Wildcat Helicopter.” Basically, William had a big stunt planned to “co-pilot” a Wildcat and people were supposed to ooh-and-ahh over the big He-Man Heir. When William was told the weather meant that his Wildcat stunt would need to be canceled, he decided that if he couldn’t have the photo-op, he wasn’t going at all. That’s just what it sounds like to me! There are other ways to get to Suffolk besides a joyride in a £26 million piece of military equipment, that’s all I’ll say. Of course, it’s also possible that Peggy was too hungover as well.

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Timothee Chalamet was in London earlier this week to premiere and promote A Complete Unknown. He then joined the cast in Paris for a screening/premiere there last night. All was well – until photographers realized that Kylie Jenner had flown in to spend time with her boyfriend following his premiere. There was a huge paparazzi swarm around Kylie and Timothee last night. This feels like a big deal! Obviously, they’ve been photographed together at events (the Globes, the US Open, etc), but this was different. They handled it well, honestly.

Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet were photographed holding hands during a romantic date night in Paris on Wednesday. They were seen entering the ritzy Hotel Royal Monceau after dining at one of chef Cyril Lignac’s high-end restaurants.

The Kylie Cosmetics founder, 27, dressed to the nines for their date night in a black curve-hugging jumpsuit and matching heels. Chalamet, 28, kept things more casual in back jeans, a white tee and a colorful jacket. He added a pop of pink with a skinny scarf and a baseball cap.

The couple’s Parisian trip comes just over a week after they attended the 2025 Golden Globes together. Page Six exclusively reported that Jenner did not walk the carpet with the “Dune” star because she wanted the night “to be all about Timothée” rather than them as a couple.

[From Page Six]

Reportedly, Kylie is often in New York with Timothee but the paparazzi rarely catch them out and about. That’s especially true when they’re in LA together too. Anyway, I enjoy it. I like them together. I like that Kylie flew into Paris to hang out with him, and that he held her hand and didn’t hide in the bushes. They’ve been together two years, they might actually care about each other. This might even be built to last.

Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Backgrid.

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Kylie Kelce is in the middle of her second trimester of pregnancy. So far, she’s been candid about how miserable she is during pregnancy, the annoying intrusive questions that she gets from people, and the inevitability of a minivan in her future. She’s also pretty open about parenting in general. While appearing on a recent episode of the Sunday Sports Club podcast, Kylie spoke candidly about her experience with postpartum depression after her oldest daughter, Wyatt, five, was born. After she brought Wyatt home, she felt detached from her and struggled to make a connection early on.

The 32-year-old, who is expecting her fourth baby with husband Jason Kelce, revealed that she had an early experience with postpartum depression after welcoming her and Jason’s eldest daughter Wyatt, now 5.

“I have had periods of my life where I truly believe I was experiencing postpartum,” Kylie told Allison Kuch on the Sunday Sports Club podcast Jan. 12. “I know with Wyatt that I had severe baby blues. We left the hospital, and I was like, “So you’re telling me this is mine?’”

The Not Gonna Lie host, who also shares daughters Elliotte, 3, and Bennett, 22 months with the former Philadelphia Eagles player, admitted that it took her baby girl reaching a particular milestone before she felt a sense of ease in motherhood.

“The biggest milestone for me with Wyatt was when she could smile on purpose,” she added. “Because it showed me there was a connection. Most people will take their baby home, and it’s sensationalized social media of, ‘Look at how cute my baby is.’ No my baby cried from bewitching hour at 8 p.m. until 4 a.m. if I wasn’t holding her or if she wasn’t on my boob.”

Quipping about her then-newborn, Kylie added, “We were not cool.”

[From E News Online]

It’s great that Kylie is speaking out about this, especially because she has such a big platform and following now. I also appreciate that she was specific in how she experienced it in the form of not feeling connected with Wyatt. There are so many women out there who feel the same and are beating themselves up over it. According to the National Institute of Health, 1 in 7 women will experience postpartum depression. The more public awareness about these more taboo subjects, the better, so that more women and men understand that PPD is real and shouldn’t just be dismissed as “hormones” or “baby blues.” If anyone out there is experiencing or has experienced it, please know that what you’re experiencing is real and you are not alone. Please talk to your doctor or a health professional about what resources are available in your area.

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The big Sussex story this week is Prince Harry and Meghan volunteering in the LA/Pasadena/Altadena areas, and being called “disaster tourists” by unhinged Justine Bateman. It actually flew somewhat under the radar in American and British reporting that the Sussexes also released a scathing statement about the social media company Meta this week too. Last week, Meta announced a new policy: no more fact-checking on Facebook or Instagram, a free-for-all for political disinformation, bad science and more. Meta and Mark Zuckerberg were widely condemned by media analysts, politicians and even President Biden, who called the move “shameful.” The Sussexes didn’t even rush their statement out – they waited something like five or six days to issue a comprehensive statement about the larger issues involved with social media and mental health.

Well, because everything is awful, Heritage Foundation’s Nile Gardiner – a complete lunatic who has been obsessed with the Sussexes for years – has been trying to make a meal out of the Sussexes’ Meta statement. Gardiner is twisting himself in knots to claim that “members of the British royal family are interfering in American politics and that’s why Harry should be deported!” Jesus Christ.

A prominent member of the pro-Trump think tank behind Project 2025 said he will personally urge Donald Trump to deport Prince Harry if he lied on immigration papers, after he and wife Meghan Markle launched a withering attack on Meta for abandoning its fact-checking program.

Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Beast that the whole issue of fact-checking at the social media giant is a “deeply political matter.” So it is “hugely inappropriate,” he said, for individuals styling themselves with the royal titles “Duke and Duchess of Sussex” to intervene in a “hot-button political topic.”

Gardiner told The Daily Beast the statement was “a clear intervention on a deeply political matter, specifically the contentious issue of censorship on social media in the United States. This is a hot-button political topic, particularly in the current climate.”

He said that while he accepted that the couple are no longer working royals, they remain “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex” and are putting their royal connections and titles “front and center” to “actively advance their causes.”

The Heritage Foundation has been accused of spending millions to block voting rights in the United States, and taking anti-LGBTQ positions, such as opposing gay marriage. The think tank is, however, hugely influential in conservative circles, and according to some reports, it has helped vet candidates for top jobs in the new administration.

Gardiner added: “For members of the royal family to engage in such overtly political matters is, quite frankly, highly inappropriate. It goes against royal protocol. Their use of these titles to further their personal and political agendas makes a mockery of the royal family’s customary neutrality. Their statement wasn’t a moderate call for dialogue or understanding; it was an outright political rant.” Gardiner said he believed the “poorly timed intervention” would “backfire” and intensify “public interest in their political activities” and stoke demands for Prince Harry’s immigration records to be released.

Gardiner told The Daily Beast: “On the issue of Harry’s immigration status in the United States, I believe that if he was dishonest on his application, he should be deported. It’s a straightforward matter of transparency, accountability, and the equal application of the rule of law. Everyone applying to enter or reside in the United States should be treated the same, without exception. The public has a right to know the truth, and there is a significant public interest in the release of his immigration records.”

Gardiner said: “I am confident that these records will eventually be released, likely under the new U.S. administration. President-elect Donald Trump has already expressed displeasure at Harry’s treatment of the queen and the royal family, and has the authority to order the release of these documents. I met with Donald Trump on a number of occasions at the White House during his first presidency, and if I have the opportunity to meet him again I will strongly recommend the release of Harry’s immigration records. I believe it is only a matter of time before they are released to the American people.”

[From The Daily Beast]

The Sussexes have been working in the fields of social-media watchdog/media critic/mental-health advocacy for years now, but this sh-tfit comes right after Zuckerberg makes huge, overt moves to endear himself and his company to Donald Trump and the incoming Trump administration. The Sussexes were right to issue a statement about Meta – it’s directly in their wheelhouse, and it’s about work they’ve been engaged with for years. And now Heritage is using the statement as yet another excuse to scream about their titles and deportation.

Photos courtesy of Backgrid.

As I said yesterday, the clean-up on the Princess of Wales’s visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital began immediately, practically while she was still meeting with cancer patients and saying some truly bizarre things. In addition to her statements about “recognizing beeps” and craving sunlight, and she also said that she did not use a cold cap, which prevents hair loss for many cancer patients. Instead of devoting a lot of energy to Kate’s frankly weird statements, the British media went into overdrive to keensplain how Kate’s visit was a one-off (specifically timed to try to steal the Duchess of Sussex’s thunder), and that Kate would absolutely not be back to work in any meaningful way for a while. Becky English at the Mail got that exclusive, and so did Kate Mansey at the Times. Some highlights from the Times piece:

Kate was “smuggled in” to the hospital? When she walked under the ornate archway at the Royal Marsden, the Princess of Wales appeared to stop for a moment, glance up at the building and take stock. Kate, 43, was there to thank doctors, meet patients and, later, announce that she is now in remission from cancer. The specialist cancer centre in Chelsea is all too familiar to the princess because this was where she was smuggled in for chemotherapy treatment.

Kate’s new normal: Sources close to Kate point to two words in her statement on Tuesday that were doing some heavy lifting, that this was the: “new normal”. But what does that look like for a family that, for centuries, has been resolutely sticking to the old normal, for whom the old normal was their bread and butter, their very raison d’être? First of all, it means that her royal engagements post-treatment have been gradual and will continue as such. The granting of royal warrants, for example, from the Prince and Princess of Wales will only come when the couple is ready to do so.

Kate’s life will never be the same, and neither will her schedule: None of this should truly come as a surprise because Kate has told the public, repeatedly, that cancer has changed her life dramatically. Even though she is back on the road to health, her written statements read as if she is spelling it out to everyone very slowly and in words that we can all understand that, for her, life will never be the same again. Why would you go through the year she’s had just to run straight back to work, palming your three children off on round-the-clock nannies so that you can zip around the country on an old-fashioned royal ribbon-cutting parade? It’s not going to happen.

Kate is savoring her kids’ pre-prep school days: In two years George will be going up to secondary school, with Kate’s alma mater Marlborough College reportedly the leading choice for the Waleses. Why wouldn’t Kate want to savour every moment of her children in their prep school years? She has shown a new delight in the minutiae of her young family’s daily life, details of which she shares in letters to the King. She finds joy in family time, but also the day-to-day: the school drop-offs and the pick-ups, the homework dilemmas and the playground friendship dramas. No doubt she feels a renewed sense of gratitude that she can be there for them when they need her while they’re still young.

William is not using Kate’s illness as an excuse to be lazy! Palace sources will urge that Kate’s illness is not being used by William as an excuse to slack off or do less. After all, he knows the “big job” is just a heartbeat away. But they say that when he embraces a project, he does it wholeheartedly and in a way that is designed to have a lasting impact.

[From The Times]

While I can’t pinpoint it, I’ve been getting a vibe this week that the British media is annoyed. They’re not ready to burn it all down, and clearly, they’re happy that Kate is petty and conceited enough to try to steal Meghan’s thunder (With Love, Meghan was originally supposed to be released on Wednesday). There’s a sense of… “you have to give us more than this.” They’re working their asses off trying to cover her ass. The part about “William isn’t slacking off” is hilarious too, because he clearly has been slacking off for the past year, and we’ve been told repeatedly that he has every right to! It just feels like the Waleses are on really shaky ground, like this is a house of cards that everyone is trying to keep standing.

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Younger people don’t seem to realize that the past nine years of “Trumpism” has broken every political and cultural norm in American politics. All political conventional wisdom needs to be thrown out. There is no past or future, only our bitter, horrible present. People aren’t going to give a baseline respect to Donald Trump just because of the office of presidency. People aren’t going to show up just because it’s an inauguration. That’s how I feel about Michelle Obama skipping the inauguration or Kamala Harris refusing to invite the Vances to the Naval Observatory – it’s fine because everything was already broken by Donald Trump. Still, in Michelle’s case, her absence from both Jimmy Carter’s funeral and the upcoming inauguration has caused some other gossip to fester – rumors about the state of her marriage, health rumors and more. So a “source close to Michelle Obama” told People Magazine that, basically, MO is skipping these events simply because of Trump.

Shortly after Michelle Obama announced her plan to stay home during Donald Trump’s inauguration, a source familiar with her thinking tells PEOPLE that the former first lady would not want to fake a smile for someone whom she still considers a threat to American democracy.

“There’s no overstating her feelings about [Trump]. She’s not one to plaster on a pleasant face and pretend for protocol’s sake,” the source says. “Michelle doesn’t do anything because it’s expected or it’s protocol or it’s tradition.”

The source notes that Trump’s history of attacking the Obama family and making disparaging comments about people of color have also contributed to Michelle’s opinion of him, adding that she would be expected to swallow her feelings in the spotlight if she attended his second inauguration.

“She served in the public eye and did all the public good that she could for eight years as first lady,” the source says of her fulfilling her official responsibilities in 2017. “You’ll see her when she has a project or cause to promote but she doesn’t feel the need to be a public figure anymore.”

[From People]

To be fair, her absence could still indicate a rift between Michelle and her husband. There have been times where she showed up for events just because Barack had to attend, or he asked her to attend. She clearly doesn’t feel like doing anything for her husband’s sake. Of course, it’s also possible that Barack is totally fine with Michelle skipping, and he may have even encouraged her to do so to protect her peace. “There’s no overstating her feelings about [Trump]. She’s not one to plaster on a pleasant face and pretend for protocol’s sake.” Yeah, I’m including the photos of the 2017 inauguration in this post – Michelle looked like she needed a stiff drink that whole day. Her husband has more of a pokerface.

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Prince William stepped out in Birmingham for his first day of work this year, and his first public appearance since Christmas Day. Yes, he was missing for twenty days, one day longer than his wife, who did a photo-op at a London hospital on Tuesday. William’s event in Birmingham was sort of a snooze – he was named the new patron for the College of Paramedics, and he gave a speech at the inaugural Emergency and Critical Care Conference. I won’t really criticize him for that – the bar is in hell, but hey, we’re always saying that he should do these kinds of no-drama events. Unfortunately, William couldn’t get through a few hours of “work” without drinking and football. Apparently, he organized a pub-gathering for Aston Villa fans in Birmingham and they watched a match and drank after his event.

Prince William joined fellow Aston Villa fans for a surprise pub meetup, raising a glass after wrapping up his royal engagement. On Jan. 15, the Prince of Wales was announced as the new patron of the College of Paramedics and stepped out in Birmingham, England, for its inaugural Emergency and Critical Care Conference. It marked his first royal duty of the year, and came the day after his wife Kate Middleton announced that she is in remission from cancer.

Following the stop at the conference, where William met with paramedics, sat in on learning sessions and gave a speech about his commitment to supporting first responders in his new role, he made a pit stop at a local pub. The Prince of Wales, 42, organized a meetup of Aston Villa fans to coincide with his time in Birmingham (the Premier League team’s home city) and bought them a round of drinks at Wetherspoons before the soccer team’s game later that day.

Wetherspoon’s is a U.K. chain with several outposts in Birmingham, and the meetup happened at the Birmingham New Street train station location.

“Prince William surprised pub-goers when he popped into a Wetherspoons at the train station in Birmingham today. He arranged a meet-up with a group of @AVFCOfficial regulars while he was in the city to speak at the College of Paramedics conference and bought them a round,” Rebecca English of the Daily Mail wrote on X.

“You’ve got to be British, I think, to understand the cultural significance of a future king in the ‘spoons!” she added in another message.

The Daily Mail reported that Prince William had a pint of Bulmers cider at the pub before taking the train back to London, and he seemed to be at ease in the company of his fellow Aston Villa fans in a video that English shared to X, where he posed for photos and even smiled for a selfie.

[From People]

When I was in my late teens and early 20s, my social life was well-lubricated by alcohol and [redacted]. I think that’s probably true of a lot of young people, and god knows, the whole “wine mom” and “wine book club” things exist to help people in their 30s and 40s socialize-while-lubricated. But I still say that it feels odd that William’s events so often involve alcohol, or worse yet, his events don’t involve alcohol and yet he looks and acts plastered. I wonder if he slept it off on the train? Or maybe he just kept drinking on the train.

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As we discussed this week, Drake decided to withdraw his legal petitions against UMG (Universal Music Group) and Spotify. He sent the notices last fall, basically accusing UMG and Spotify of artificially inflating Kendrick Lamar’s numbers for Kendrick’s diss songs against Drake in the spring of 2024. Drake’s argument was convoluted – he basically argued that UMG and Spotify “helped” Kendrick game the system, and “Not Like Us” wouldn’t have been an organic song of the year on its own, it needed UMG and Spotify to push the song down people’s throats. Which wasn’t the way it actually went down, at all. In any case, Drake and Spotify walked away from that, but UMG was basically like… let’s see what this dumbass does next. They didn’t have to wait very long – Drake has now sued UMG for defamation for ALLOWING Kendrick to talk sh-t in “Not Like Us.”

Drake is not backing down in the war against his own label, in fact he’s now upped the ante by suing Universal Music Group for spreading the “false and malicious narrative” he’s a pedophile … TMZ Hip Hop has learned.

Drake filed the defamation case Wednesday morning in federal court in NYC … ripping UMG for releasing and promoting Kendrick Lamar’s vicious diss track, “Not Like Us.” In the docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, Drake says UMG knew full well Kendrick’s lyrics, and images in the music video, referring to Drake as a pedophile were false and dangerous. In the suit he calls Kendrick’s hit — filled with “inflammatory and shocking allegations”– was a “gold mine” for UMG … and he says they had an ulterior financial motive in promoting it.

Drake claims his label was doing everything it could to pump up “Not Like Us” because it knew it would devalue his music and brand … and, therefore, give UMG leverage in future contract negotiations with Drake. Keep in mind, Drake’s last UMG contract, signed in 2022, was a blockbuster deal worth a reported $400 million!

Drake says he’s got bot receipts to show just how far the label went to turn Kendrick’s song into an anthem. According to the suit, UMG paid a third party to use bots to increase the song’s streams by at least 30 million — and engaged in a “pay for play” scheme with at least one radio promoter. He claims UMG attached the label “chart-topper” to “Not Like Us,” despite knowing that title was based on fraudulent data.

It’s also clear Drake’s very mindful of what’s going down in New Orleans next month — in the suit, he claims UMG was in on getting Kendrick the Super Bowl Halftime gig … so, the song could be performed on that massive stage, which he calls “one of the most significant (and viewed) cultural events of the year.” Ya gotta wonder — will the NFL and FOX, which is airing the Super Bowl, allow Kendrick to use the pedophile lyrics when he performs??

Interestingly, Drake isn’t going directly after Kendrick in the suit — in fact, he says, “This lawsuit is not about the artist who created ‘Not Like Us.’ It is, instead, entirely about UMG, the music company that decided to publish, promote, exploit, and monetize” the song which it knew contained false claims.

A spokesperson for Universal Music Group tells TMZ … “Not only are these claims untrue, but the notion that we would seek to harm the reputation of any artist — let alone Drake — is illogical. We have invested massively in his music and our employees around the world have worked tirelessly for many years to help him achieve historic commercial and personal financial success. Throughout his career, Drake has intentionally and successfully used UMG to distribute his music and poetry to engage in conventionally outrageous back-and-forth ‘rap battles’ to express his feelings about other artists. He now seeks to weaponize the legal process to silence an artist’s creative expression and to seek damages from UMG for distributing that artist’s music.

“We have not and do not engage in defamation — against any individual. At the same time, we will vigorously defend this litigation to protect our people and our reputation, as well as any artist who might directly or indirectly become a frivolous litigation target for having done nothing more that write a song.”

[From TMZ]

If I’m being honest, I think there’s a small sliver of truth to the idea that UMG wasn’t mad that Drake was being taken down a few pegs because that meant Drake couldn’t negotiate another hugely lucrative deal. But that’s the only part of Drake’s lawsuit which has any grounding in reality – the rest of it is Drake’s delusional cope. This is one of the most important parts of UMG’s response: “Drake has intentionally and successfully used UMG to distribute his music and poetry to engage in conventionally outrageous back-and-forth ‘rap battles’… He now seeks to weaponize the legal process to silence an artist’s creative expression and to seek damages from UMG for distributing that artist’s music.” That’s it in a nutshell – Drake wants to play victim and act like UMG should have been judicious in how they disseminated Kendrick’s songs, and yet UMG did the right thing by simply letting the beef play out without censoring anyone.

As for defamation… Drake said that Kendrick’s partner Whitney was cheating on him and that Kendrick’s son Enoch wasn’t biologically his. Drake said that Kendrick physically abused Whitney. Drake also said that Kendrick was molested. All of those lyrics were lies, and UMG “allowed” Drake to release that music too. Kendrick hasn’t gone around, suing people over it. Kendrick just churned out some of the best disses ever in response to Drake’s lies.

There’s so much stuff in Drake’s lawsuit, but something which is getting a lot of attention is that he name-checked a lot of YouTube reactor channels. Before last year, I never watched music reactors, but I got into several YouTubers because of the Drake-Kendrick beef. Those people are just doing it because they love the music, the gossip and the drama. They weren’t being PAID to promote Kendrick. Most of those people were Drake fans! I wanted to post No Life Shaq’s reaction to being name-checked in Drake’s lawsuit because I was laughing my ass off, especially when he brought his son out to call Drake a snitch. NSFW for language. Everything he says here is the truth. I think I’ll also include a reaction compilation for “Not Like Us.”

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The Duchess of Sussex has been seen in LA again, supporting wildfire relief AND supporting girls. A group of teenage girls created Altadena Teen Girls Fire Recovery Group, in which people can donate clothes, beauty supplies, haircare items and more, specifically for girls affected by the Southern California fires. They basically rented out a warehouse and anyone can stop by and pick up whatever they need, like a CVS without a cash register. Of course Meghan stopped by and dropped off some supplies, and the girls included Meghan in a couple of their IG reels.

Meghan Markle made a low-key visit to a new relief group working to restore a sense of normalcy for teenagers affected by the Eaton Fire, one in the series of wildfires devastating the Los Angeles area. PEOPLE understands that the Duchess of Sussex lent her support to the Altadena Teen Girls Fire Recovery group on Jan. 13, an organization she and Prince Harry have contributed to through their Archewell Foundation.

The Altadena Teen Girls Fire Recovery organization was launched by 14-year-old Avery Colvert from Pasadena last week to gather beauty products, haircare items, clothes and other personal supplies for teen girls displaced or affected by the Eaton Fire, the Los Angeles Times reports. The blaze that began on Jan. 7 is over 14,000 acres in size and was 45% contained as of Jan. 15, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Meghan arrived with new clothing, beauty products and lunch for the volunteers. Meghan directly engaged with families as they visited, helping the girls with shopping, sharing conversations and providing much-needed support throughout the visit.

The Duchess of Sussex was spotted in a reel that the group shared to Instagram on Jan. 15, which showed volunteers at work in a warehouse full of products. It rolled to show footage of Meghan having a chat with someone one-on-one, where she wore a black Los Angeles baseball cap and held two full tote bags on her arms.

“And thank you to everyone who showed up on Monday, which was such a special day! We love you!” Altadena Teen Girls Fire Recovery captioned the clip on Instagram.

The footage, which was captured by the charity’s organizers, offered a peek into Meghan’s efforts on the ground, and followed her outing with Prince Harry to Pasadena Convention Center on Jan. 10. There, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex helped distribute food and supplies to victims of the Eaton Fire, where they arrived without fanfare to directly lend a hand. Prince Harry and Meghan take a discreet approach to their site visits, prioritizing meaningful. Contrary to some reports, the Duke and Duchess do not bring videographers or photographers along, instead focusing on directly supporting communities and the ongoing relief efforts.

[From People]

I kind of hate that People Magazine/Archewell has to be so proactive in dispelling the “rumors” (deranger lies) that Meghan and Harry are “bringing photographers and videographers to document their volunteerism.” Even if the Sussexes were doing that, who cares? It would bring attention to the charities and fire relief. The young ladies working on the Altadena Teen Girls Fire Recovery Group didn’t even use photos or videos of Meghan as their IG thumbnails or anything – it’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance. But the girls gave Archewell a shout-out in an announcement that they were now accepting donations directly. My guess is that the Archewell team gave the girls advice about how to set up their 501(c)(3). One of the girls also responded to a comment about Meghan: “Even just meeting her is life-changing! Having her support is unreal.”

The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan visited Altadena Girls. A charity started by a 14 year old girl to aid those affected by the #EatonFire.

Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation donated to Altadena Girls.#HarryandMeghan #lafires pic.twitter.com/LqeRRXSthC

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