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Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex have opened their home to friends affected by the ongoing wildfires.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have shown their support for those affected by the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles by opening their home to friends and family who have been forced to evacuate.
The fast-moving wildfires began on Tuesday and have forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes.
As the fires spread across Los Angeles, the royal couple have opened their home in Montecito in the nearby Santa Barbara County to friends and family, according to People.
Harry and Meghan are also working with their Archewell Foundation to help the community during the ongoing crisis. They have also teamed up with World Central Kitchen on further relief efforts and have donated essential supplies, including children’s items.
Meanwhile, Basic Instinct actress Sharon Stone has also opened her home to those affected by the fires.
“I’ve been taking friends into my home. I have families coming now to move in with us,” she told NewsNation. “We’re setting up a place to be able to help people. We’re setting up beds and just room in the house.”
The star has also encouraged her fans to donate to a shop called The Coop, which has been set up by her sister and a friend to provide essential items to those who have lost their homes.
Catwoman star Halle Berry has been scouring her wardrobe for anything she can donate to The Coop.
“I’m packing up my entire closet and heading over to the COOP! If you live in the Southern California area, I urge you to do the same,” she wrote on Instagram. “This is something we can do right now today to help all of the displaced families that are in need of the basics today! Thank you @sharonstone for your leadership. Love you Lady.”
The Duchess of Sussex is mourning the loss of her beloved rescue dog, Guy, as she revealed in an Instagram montage on Tuesday.
Meghan adopted Guy from a rescue centre in Canada in 2015 after he had been left at a shelter in Kentucky, and the pooch was by her side for some of her major life moments over the past decade – including her engagement to Prince Harry.
The Duke of Sussex recalled how Guy played a role in his proposal to the former American actress in 2017.
Writing in his memoir, Spare, released in 2023, Harry said: “I loved that dog. I couldn’t stop kissing him, petting him. Yes, my intense feelings for Meg spilled over onto anyone or anything she loved, but also I’d wanted a dog for so long, and I’d never been able to have one because I’d been such a nomad.
“One night, not long after Meg’s arrival in Britain, we were at home, making dinner, playing with Guy, and the kitchen of Nott Cott was as full of love as any room I’d ever been in. I opened a bottle of champagne – an old, old gift I’d been saving for a special occasion.”
Snapshots shared in Harry and Meghan’s docuseries released in 2022, showed Harry down on one knee holding out a ring, as he lovingly patted Guy’s head.
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“He was down on one knee and I was just like ‘Yes!'” Meghan recalled, “We were so joyful and excited. We were like ‘Uh, we’re doing this!'”
In her heartfelt Instagram post and video montage, the Duchess paid tribute to her pet Beagle, writing: “If you followed me on Instagram back in the day, you saw a lot of [Guy] – and on The Tig too. He was with me at Suits, when I got engaged, (and then married), when I became a mom….he was with me for everything: the quiet, the chaos, the calm, the comfort.”
When the Sussexes stepped back as senior royals, Guy moved with them to the US and settled in at the family’s new home in Montecito.
In the past five years, Harry and Meghan have also adopted a Black Labrador called Pula and another Beagle named Mamma Mia.