Royal Baby: Meghan Markle fans donate to charity after ‘online baby shower’ campaign
Royal fans are donating to charity in honour of the Duchess of Sussex’ baby, who is due to be born any day now.
The donations have been made as part of an online social media campaign dubbed #GlobalSussexBabyShower, which has gone viral on Twitter as users from around the world are sharing news of their charitable acts and encouraging others to do the same.
The campaign was launched by an anonymous Twitter user who goes by the handle @freepeeper.
“We’re kicking off a global fundraiser on Sunday, 31st March in honour of #BabySussex and the compassion and altruism of The #DukeandDuchessofSussex,” the fan account wrote on Friday.
“We’ve selected three charities to benefit in this effort. Tweet your donations and include the hashtag #GlobalSussexBabyShower”.
One of the charities that has noticed a surge in donations as a result of the campaign is CAMFED, which aims to educate young women living in poverty.
We’re kicking off a GLOBAL fundraiser on Sunday, 31st of March in honor of #BabySussex and the compassion and altruism of The #DukeandDuchessofSussex. We’ve selected 3 charities to benefit in this effort. Tweet your donations and include 👉🏼 hash #GlobalSussexBabyShower RETWEET! pic.twitter.com/4BEscqdwRR
— Baby Sussex’s Au Pair🥑🍌🤖 (@freepeeper)
The organisation thanked donors on its Twitter account on Saturday, expressing gratitude to all the "amazing, warm-hearted and generous people”.
I donated to @Camfed in celebration of #GlobalSussexBabyShower 🤰🏽 I love when the Internet comes together to do something positive with a lasting impact. pic.twitter.com/Ipg6n270tS
— Lydia Johnson (@lydiagjohnson)
In honor of Meghan Markle and #GlobalSussexBabyshower I had to make a donation to @Camfed . Great organization and I love what they stand for pic.twitter.com/6gMIzKkIJA
— leonka (@leonka03)
OK all you amazing, warm-hearted & generous people: You completely floored us today when you started sending your support & donations in response to @freepeeper's #GlobalSussexBabyShower campaign. You've made our year! Now we need to get some sleep. 🙃 Know that we ❤ you. X pic.twitter.com/CEr2jev3Oi
— CAMFED - Campaign for Female Education (@Camfed)
“You completely floored us today when you started sending your support and donations in response to @freepeeper’s #GlobalSussexBabyShower campaign. You’ve made our year!”
Thank you so so much for supporting us 💜
— Mayhew (@themayhew)
Thanks to #GlobalSussexbabyshower supporters for all your kind donations to WellChild today, which will be a huge help to all the seriously ill young people and their families who we support!#GlobalSussesBabyShower
— WellChild (@WellChild)
The other two charities included in the campaign were Mayhew, an animal welfare organisation, and Well Child, which supports young people with serious illnesses.
Both organisations have publicly thanked @freepeeper for launching the campaign that prompted a subsequent surge in donations.
The Duchess of Sussex has not announced her due date, but a statement released by Kensington Palace said the couple were expecting the baby to be born in spring 2019.
