Princess’s family in mission of mercy to frontline hospitals
Princess eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, have been making secret mercy dashes to deliver supplies to frontline nHs staff, with her mother, the Duchess of York, at the wheel.
The couple delivered packages containing essentials such as food, toiletries and cleaning products to Hammersmith Hospital in London on Wednesday and then again on saturday last week.
Further drop-offs are planned at other hospitals in the capital including the chelsea and Westminster, and Upton Hospital in slough.
A friend said: ‘They wanted to do anything they could to help.’
They were asked to help by supporters and a consultant friend at the hospital and were driven by sarah, Duchess of York, although she did not go in, in order to minimise the number of visitors.
The packages included toothpaste, soap, shower gel, Baylis & Harding handwash, anti-bacterial wipes, dried pasta, pasta sauces, rice, cereal bars and tinned fruit.
‘They got together anything and everything they thought would help the staff on duty,’ the source added.
‘The couple are, like everyone in the country, lost in admiration for the bravery and professionalism of hospital staff. ’
The Duchess is also working with a British chocolate brand, Love cocoa, which is donating treats to hospitals for every product bought. ‘i am deeply grateful for the speed and kindness of Joel cadbury who called his cousin James cadbury of Love cocoa,’ the Duchess of York tells me.
‘immediately, the cadbury duo went into overdrive and agreed they would donate chocolate to the nHs staff in hospitals and icU units.
‘For a small company to be so generous and kind is such an example of leading through goodness. They already support cocoa by planting trees in the cameroon.’
eugenie, the youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, and one of the Queen’s grandchildren, married Brooksbank, who works in the drinks industry, at Windsor in October 2018.