Prince Charles’ wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has made a “substantial” donation to an appeal launched by The Mail on Sunday together with The Daily Mail and MailOnline to help Ukrainian refugees.
The duchess’ choice to donate to this appeal over those launched by other U.K. press outlets such as The Sun and The Independent is significant after Meghan Markle successfully sued The Mail on Sunday in 2021.
Following a breach of her privacy and copyright when contents of a letter written to Markle’s father were published by The Mail on Sunday without her consent, she ultimately won the case brought against the newspaper.
Former BBC royal correspondent, Peter Hunt, took to Twitter on Thursday night to highlight the significance of Camilla’s donation. He described the Duchess as “canny” in her decision to publicly donate to a campaign run by the press rather than privately through an established humanitarian appeal like Queen Elizabeth II has done.
He wrote: “The Queen has made a ‘generous donation’ to @decappeal for Ukraine; Camilla has given to the Mail appeal. As I wrote last month… Camilla has been canny. She’s kept the media close and the Daily Mail even closer.”
On the motivation behind her donation, a spokesperson for Camilla told The Daily Mail: “No one could fail to be moved by the appalling scenes of Ukrainians fleeing their homes and the duchess wanted to help in whatever way she could.”
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