How Meghan Markle has stayed emotionally connected to her hometown as she supports California fire victims with Prince Harry
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While now a resident of up-market enclave Montecito, it's well known that Meghan Markle grew up in Los Angeles. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, even revisited her elementary school, LA's famous Hollywood Little Red Schoolhouse, which she attended between the ages of two and 11, in her Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan.
![[Meghan, pictured with her now-estranged father Thomas Markle, was born and raised in Los Angeles]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/11/94005897-14275553-image-a-2_1736681341069.jpg)
In addition, her now-estranged father Thomas Markle worked in show business, as a television lighting director and director of photography - even winning multiple Emmy Awards as a result. The former Suits actress has spoken about how Thomas would sometimes take her to set, further cementing her credentials as a true Angelino.
![[In March 2024, Meghan visited he Children's Hospital Los Angeles where she read to young patients (pictured in March 2023)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/11/94005901-14275553-image-a-1_1736681325846.jpg)
Meghan now lives some 90 miles away from the city, in the Montecito mansion she shares with her husband Prince Harry, 40, and their children Archie and Lilibet. However, it seems her connection with LA remains strong, as over recent years, she has carried out a number of charitable activities in the city.
![[Meghan is pictured volunteering with Baby2Baby at Dr Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary School in Los Angeles, issuing free supplies to people who needed them during the pandemic (seen in August 20202)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/11/94005899-14275553-image-m-7_1736683133404.jpg)
As wildfires have ravaged Los Angeles over recent days, killing 16 people, and burning through almost 14,000 acres, it's currently estimated that around 4,000 to 5,000 structures have also been damaged or destroyed including the homes of Hollywood A-listers.
![[Women at the Harvest Home LA, which Meghan visited in March 2023, hosting a lunch and making a donation]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/11/94006965-14275553-image-a-5_1736682036719.jpg)
The Sussexes have rallied around victims by making donations to relief efforts through their Archewell Foundation and have opened their $29million Montecito mansion to loved ones who were forced to evacuate. Here, FEMAIL looks at how some of the Meghan charity work in recent years suggests that her home city remains close to her heart...
![[Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arranged for a range of Pampers products for different age groups to be delivered to Los Angeles-based group Harvest Home]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/11/45522013-14275553-Prince_Harry_and_Meghan_Markle_arranged_for_a_range_of_Pampers_p-a-6_1736683050730.jpg)
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