Meghan Markle pens emotional letter after death of ‘dear’ animal charity friend

The Duchess of Sussex paid a heartfelt tribute to her late good friend Oli Juste (Image: Getty/@olijustedogtrainer)

Meghan Markle has ended her patronage with an animal welfare charity after the demise of her ‘pricey good friend’ and fellow animal lover.

The Duchess of Sussex served as determine head of Mayhew, which works to ‘enhance the lives of cats and canine, for 3 years.

She was impressed to affix the charity by animal behaviourist Oli Juste who died in January. In a heartfelt tribute to her long-time good friend, the duchess stated his sudden passing left her ‘heartbroken’.

Meghan additionally recounted how Mr Juste and his fiancé Rob cared for her rescue canine Beagle ‘as if he have been their very own’ when she first moved to the UK.

‘We shared, amongst many issues, a dedication to animal welfare, and a deep love of rescue canine,’ the duchess wrote in a message printed on Mayhew’s web site.

The Duchess met a Jack Russell named ‘Maggi’ throughout her go to to Mayhew in 2019 (Image: Getty)

The Sussexes have adopted quite a lot of rescue canine together with a Beagle and a black Labrador (Image: Getty)

‘In reality, it was Oli and his fiancé Rob who helped take care of my rescue canine, Man, after I had simply moved to the UK and he was recovering from a debilitating accident. They cherished him as if he was their very own.’

The charity is now organising the Oli Juste wing in his reminiscence to shelter animals who could have a tougher time discovering their ceaselessly houses.

‘As a result of very similar to Oli, they are going to by no means be forgotten, and they'll all the time be cherished,’ Meghan added.

Two years after she and Prince Harry moved to Los Angeles, California, Meghan confirmed her time because the charity’s patron has ended.

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Over the previous few years, the Sussexes have adopted quite a lot of rescue canine together with Man, a Beagle, and a black Labrador regarded as named Pula.

Howard Bridges, Mayhew’s chief government, stated ‘we have now mutually agreed to finish the patronage’, which expired at first of the 12 months.

The duchess added: ‘Although my time as patron of Mayhew has come to a detailed, my unwavering assist has not. I encourage every of you to assist in no matter means you're able.

‘The emotional assist of a rescue animal is unparalleled-as you’ll quickly realise: it's not you who saves them, it's they who prevent.’

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