Meghan Markle Makes Surprise Visit at Women's Center in Vancouver
After paparazzi spotted the Duchess of Sussex boarding a seaplane on Tuesday, Meghan paid a surprise visit to the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre
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Meghan Markle chats with people inside the Drawing Room during a visit to Cardiff Castle on January 18, 2018 in Cardiff, Wales.
Rain or shine, Meghan Markle's philanthropic efforts continue on.
The Duchess of Sussex ditched the royal family's ongoing drama to spend time with several women focused on effecting positive change in the Vancouver community. After paparazzi spotted the Duchess of Sussex boarding a seaplane on Tuesday, Meghan paid a surprise visit to the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre.
According to the organization, which provides counseling, meals and other services to women and children in need, Meghan stopped by to enjoy tea and discuss issues currently impacting the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre's patrons. She dressed casually for the impromptu engagement in a cream cableknit sweater, dark pants and brown knee-high boots.
Since returning to Canada just days after she and Prince Harry announced their intentions to step down as senior members of the royal family, Meghan has maintained a low-profile while tending to their son Archie Harrison.
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A sorority portrait provided by Northwestern University shows Meghan Markle during her 2000-2001 academic year. Markle graduated from Northwestern with a degree in theater.
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Meghan Markle's first big television role came in the form of Rachel Zane of USA Network's "Suits."
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Gina Torres as Jessica Pearson, Rick Hoffmann as Louis Litt, Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane, Gabriel Macht as Harvey Specter, Patrick Adams as Mike Ross from season one of USA Network's "Suits."
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Actors Meghan Markle and Kerry Washington attend ELLE & Tod's Celebrate Kerry Washington at Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria on May 15, 2013, in New York City.
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Megan Markle arrives on the red carpet at the 2013 MuchMusic Video Awards on June 16, 2013, in Toronto, Canada.
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Meghan Markle attends the Tracy Reese fashion show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on Sept. 8, 2013, in New York City.
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Meghan Markle fundraises at the Annual Charity Day at the Cantor Fitzgerald Office on Sept. 11, 2013, in New York, New York.
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Meghan Markle attends the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 13th annual 'An Enduring Vision' benefit at Cipriani Wall Street on Oct. 28, 2014, in New York City.
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Aaron Korsh and actors Meghan Markle, Patrick J. Adams, Gabriel Macht, Gina Torres, Rick Hoffman and Sarah Rafferty of the television show "Suits" speak during the NBC Universal portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Langham Hotel on Jan. 18, 2014, in Pasadena, California.
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Meghan Markle, Shay Mitchell and Nina Agdal participate in the DirecTV Beach Bowl at Pier 40 on Feb, 1, 2014, in New York City.
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Meghan Markle, star of USA Network's orginal drama "Suits," hosts the 2015 Women in Cable Telecommunications Signature Luncheon at McCormick Place on May 5, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Gabriel Macht, Sarah Rafferty, Rick Hoffman and Meghan Markle attend NBC's 2015 New York Summer Press Day at Four Seasons Hotel New York on June 24, 2015, in New York City.
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Actors Sarah Rafferty and Meghan Markle attend a Q&A following the premiere of USA Network's "Suits" Season 5 at Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown Hotel on Jan. 21, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend a wheelchair tennis match during the 2017 Invictus Games at Nathan Philips Square on Sept. 25, 2017, in Toronto, Canada.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce their engagement at The Sunken Gardens at Kensington Palace on Nov. 27, 2017, in London, England. The two have been a couple officially since 2016 and are due to marry in 2018.
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Meghan Markle played Rachel Zane from season one to season seven of USA Network's "Suits," but have announced her intention to quit the series after her marriage to Prince Harry of Britain.
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Meghan, the new Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, wave as they leave Windsor Castle after their wedding to attend an evening reception at Frogmore House, hosted by the Prince of Wales, on May 19, 2018, in Windsor, England.
"She mostly stays home but ventures out around mid-day just to get out," a source recently told E! News. Meghan was spotted driving around town by herself in a Range Rover, though our insider noted the presence of a security team following close behind.
Prince Harry is expected to reunite with Meghan and Archie after attending a previously scheduled event in London on Thursday. The Duke is set to host the Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw at Buckingham Palace.
Just yesterday, Queen Elizabeth II gave Harry and Meghan her blessing to split their time between the U.K. and Canada. After holding an emergency meeting with Prince Harry, Prince William and Prince Charles, Her Majesty released the following statement:
"Today my family had very constructive discussions on the future of my grandson and his family," the Queen shared. "My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry and Meghan's desire to create a new life as a young family. Although we would have preferred them to remain full-time working Members of the Royal Family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family."
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, arrive to attend the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London on March 9, 2020. The Commonwealth Service will be the last job for Meghan and Harry as senior royals before they split from Buckingham Palace.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attend The Endeavour Fund Awards at Mansion House on March 5, 2020 in London, England. This is the last weekend for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as working royals before they part ways with Buckingham Palace.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the Mountbatten Festival of Music at Royal Albert Hall on March 7, 2020, in London, England. This is the last weekend for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as working royals before they part ways with Buckingham Palace.
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visit the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Stanford Hall to meet patients and staff on Feb. 11, 2020 in Loughborough, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)
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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (L) and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend the EE British Academy Film Awards 2020 at Royal Albert Hall on Feb. 02, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Queen Elizabeth II and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, attend the annual Remembrance Sunday service at The Cenotaph on Nov. 10, 2019, in London, England. The armistice ending the First World War between the Allies and Germany was signed at Compiegne, France, on eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month on Nov. 11, 1918.
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Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attend the annual Remembrance memorial at The Cenotaph on Nov. 10, 2019, in London, England.
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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, visit a settlement of the Kalash people to learn more about Kalash culture and heritage, Oct. 16, 2019, in Chitral, Pakistan.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles attend the official State Opening of Parliament at the House of Lords in London, Monday Oct. 14, 2019. The 93-year-old monarch read a 10-minute speech outlining an ambitious legislative program for Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government.
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Britain's Prince Harry walks through a minefield in Dirico, Angola, Friday Sept. 27, 2019, during a visit to see the work of landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust, on day five of the royal tour of Africa. Prince Harry is following in the footsteps of his late mother, Princess Diana, right,, whose walk through an active mine field in Angola years ago helped to lead to a global ban on the deadly weapons.
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Britain's Prince Harry with Jose Antonio, center, of the Halo Trust and a mine clearance worker walk through a minefield in Dirico, Angola Friday Sept. 27, 2019, during a visit to see the work of landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust, on day five of the royal tour of Africa.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attend Heritage Day public holiday celebrations in the Bo Kaap district of Cape Town, during the royal tour of South Africa on Sept. 24, 2019, in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, attends the "Back to Nature" festival at RHS Garden Wisley on Sept. 10, 2019, in Woking, England.
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Princess Charlotte arrives for her first day of school at Thomas's Battersea in London, with her brother Prince George and her parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Sept. 5, 2019, in London, England.
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Princess Charlotte, 4, arrives for her first day of school, with her brother Prince George, 6, and her parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Thomas's Battersea in London on September 5, 2019 in London, England.
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Princess Charlotte of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge having fun together after the inaugural Kingu2019s Cup regatta hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Aug. 8, 2019, in Cowes, England. Their Royal Highnesses hope that The Kingu2019s Cup will become an annual event bringing greater awareness to the wider benefits of sport, whilst also raising support and funds for Action on Addiction, Place2Be, the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, The Royal Foundation, Child Bereavement UK, Centrepoint, Londonu2019s Air Ambulance Charity and Tusk.
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Prince George celebrates his sixth birthday in the gardens at Kensington Palace. The photo was shared by Kate Middleton, The Duchess of Cambridge, on Instagram.
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Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meets cast and crew, including US singer-songwriter Beyoncu00e9 and her husband, rapper Jay-Z as they attend the European premiere of the film "The Lion King" in London on July 14, 2019. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty Images)
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This official handout Christening photograph released by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex shows Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (center left), and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex holding their baby son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor flanked by (L-R) Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Ms Doria Ragland, Lady Jane Fellowes, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in the Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, west of London on July 6, 2019. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan had their baby son Archie christened on Saturday at a private ceremony.
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Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meet players of the New York Yankees before a match against the Boston Red Sox in London, Saturday, June 29, 2019.
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Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meet Boston Red Sox players before a match against the New York Yankees in London, Saturday, June 29, 2019.
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, attends the first day of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2019, in Ascot, England.
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Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands seen on the first day of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2019, in Ascot, England.
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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, attends the first day of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2019, in Ascot, England.
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Prince Edward, Duke of Wessex and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, pose for photographs ahead their 20th wedding anniversary on day one of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2019, in Ascot, England.
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Princess Eugenie of York and Princess Beatrice of York attends the first day of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2019, in Ascot, England.
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, with Prince Harry and her mother, Doria Ragland, introduces her newborn son to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip on May 8, 2019, at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England. The royal couple named their firstborn son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor two days after the baby was born.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, pose with "Baby Sussex" in St. George's Hall at Windsor Castle on May 8, 2019, in Windsor, England. The Duchess of Sussex gave birth to the couple's first child two days ago.
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Photos of Princess Charlotte taken in April by her mother, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was released by Kensington Palace in honor of the princess' 4th birthday on May 1, 2019. Charlotte, the second child of Prince William and Kate Middleton, was born on May 2rd.
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A new photoset by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, shows her third son, Prince Louis, a day before his first birthday, on April 23, 2019.
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Queen Elizabeth II is presented with flowers as she leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, at Windsor Castle in England Sunday, April 21, 2019. The Queen is also celebrating her 93rd birthday.
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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Governor General Cecile La Grenade visit St Georgeu2019s Carenage and watch dancers during the official royal visit to the country on March 23, 2019, in Saint George's, Grenada.
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge meets Olivia Colman after the EE British Academy Film Awards at Royal Albert Hall on Feb. 10, 2019, in London, England. 'The Favourite,' in which Colman plays Queen Anne, swept the BAFTAs with seven awards out of 12 nominations.
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In this image released on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, Britain's Queen Elizabeth poses for a photograph after she recorded her annual Christmas Day message, in the White Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace, London.
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Kensington Palace released this year's Christmas Card from the Duke of Cambridge's family, taken at Anmer Hall. From left, clockwise: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Princess Charlotte; Prince George; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; and Prince Louis.
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Prince Charles marks his 70th birthday in the gardens of Clarence House, with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in London, England, on Nov. 13, 2018.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are greeted by 5-year-old Luke Vincent as they arrive at Dubbo Airport on Oct. 17, 2018, in Dubbo, Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on their official 16-day autumn tour visiting cities in Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand.
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Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, meet Ruby, a koala, during a visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Ruby gave birth to two joeys named Harry and Meghan after the Duke and Duchess. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are on a 16-day tour of Australia and the South Pacific, during which Kensington Palace announced that Meghan is pregnant
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Princess Eugenie of York and her new husband Jack Brooksbank kiss as they leave St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle following their wedding on Oct. 12, 2018 in Windsor, England.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex take their seat before the performance next to the writer of "Hamilton," Lin Manuel Miranda before the gala performance in support of Sentebale at Victoria Palace Theatre on August 29, 2018, in London, England. "Hamilton" is a look at the American Revolutionary War, which skewers King George III, Harry's royal ancestor.
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The royal family is shown in this official photograph released by Kensington Palace from Prince Louis' christening last week.
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge watch a flyover to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on July 10, 2018, in London, England.
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge speaks to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as she arrives carrying Prince Louis for his christening service at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace on July 9, 2018, in London, England.
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From left, Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Meghan Duchess of Sussex, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Kate Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William attend the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London, Saturday, June 9, 2018.
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Britain's Prince Harry, left, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex ride in a carriage to attend the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London, Saturday, June 9, 2018.
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Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, kisses his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, as they leave from St George's Chapel in Windsor, England, on May 19, 2018. The two married in the royal wedding of the year, in a wedding ceremony that bought touching moments to family and fans alike.
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge shared a new photo of Princess Charlotte kissing her brother, Prince Louis, at Kensington Palace on May 2, 2018, Princess Charlotte's third birthday.
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Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, show their newborn son, their third child, to the media on Monday, April 23, 2018, outside the Lindo Wing at St. Mary's Hospital in central London.
The Queen said final decisions regarding Prince Harry and Meghan's desire to become financially independent would be made in the coming days.
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