Harry and Meghan embrace Uvalde school 狙撃 families on surprise trip to Texas: Duke and Duchess …に出席する 地元の event for 親族s whose loved ones were gunned 負かす／撃墜する - and surprise one mother with a chorus of Happy Birthday and a cake

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Prince Harry and Meghan embraced the 親族s of the Uvalde school 狙撃 犠牲者s as they made a surprise trip to Texas on Saturday.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex …に出席するd a 地元の event for the families whose loved one were gunned 負かす／撃墜する in the horror attack in May 2022.

The couple even sang Happy Birthday to the sister of heroic schoolteacher?Irma Garcia who sacrificed her own life during the 大虐殺 at Texas' Robb?Elementary School in a 企て，努力，提案 to 許す her young students to get to safety.

Ms Garcia, who had worked as a teacher for 23 years, was one of 21 people - two teachers and 19 children - who were killed when 18-year-old 銃器携帯者／殺しや Salvador Ramos 嵐／襲撃するd the building. Her husband Joe tragically died from a heart attack two days later.

Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, also surprised Ms Garcia's sister with a birthday cake as the Sussexes led the singing in a heartwarming ビデオ.

'Is everyone singing too?' the duchess joked as she tried to get others to join in. As the family laughed, Meghan called out 'my love' to Harry who nodded to 確認する he would help her out.?

Meghan had opened up about the online 乱用 she 苦しむd while 妊娠している at South by 南西 Festi val in Austin on Friday before she and Harry （機の）カム to 支払う／賃金 尊敬の印 to the families who are still grieving the loved ones they lost in the Uvalde 狙撃.

Harry and Meghan are seen with the mother of?Layla Salazar who was tragically killed in the Uvalde 狙撃

The Sussexes were seen embracing families at the 地元の event to support the families of the 狙撃 犠牲者s

Prince Harry is pictured with Carlos Martinez - a 親族 of heroic schoolteacher Irma Garcia who sacrificed her own life during the 大虐殺

The Sussexes were also seen supporting the family of Layla Salazar - an 11-year-old girl who loved running and dancing to TikTok ビデオs. Her family 株d a photo of Layla's mother smiling with Harry and Meghan at a 地元の event.

Meghan had visited Uvalde days after the 狙撃 where she laid flowers at a 一時しのぎの物，策 記念の.

'She took this trip in a personal capacity as a mother, to 申し込む／申し出 her 弔慰s and support in person to a community experiencing unimaginable grief,' a spokesperson for Meghan told CNN at the time.?

Ms Garcia's family 述べるd the Sussexes as 'compassionate, very 負かす／撃墜する to earth, humble people'.?

The schoolgirl's mother told CNN:?'It was 肉親，親類d of by surprise, she [Meghan] had called my mom one 無作為の day and dropped the news on us not too long ago that she was coming to visit the kids and of course we got so excited.'

Mrs Garcia's 甥, 22-year-old John Martinez, 株d a ビデオ of Harry and Meghan singing Happy Birthday to his mother and said she 'died a hero' and 'will be truly 行方不明になるd'.

Mr Martinez and his family fathered around Meghan who lit candled and started singing while encouraging others to join in, as Harry stood behind her.

Mr Martinez said: 'The cake was a surprise for my mum. Meghan and Harry are so so thoughtful and 甘い for doing that... I love you Sussex squad.'?

（映画の）フィート数 shows Meghan calling Prince Harry 'my love' before singing Happy Birthday?

Prince Harry and Meghan timed their visit to 同時に起こる／一致する with John's mother's birthday, with the couple even bringing them a birthday cake

Harry and Meghan made a surprise trip to Uvalde, Texas to visit the family of Irma Garcia, a teacher who was killed in the May 2022 狙撃 at the Robb Elementary School. They are pictured with her 22-year-old 甥, John

Speaking to Hello! magazine, he said the 王室の couple's visit brought 'lots of 涙／ほころびs of joy and 深く心に感じた moments'.

The event was planned by KABOOM! - an organisation which made a かかわり合い to the community に引き続いて the 2022 狙撃.?

The Sussexes' visit （機の）カム two days after an 独立した・無所属 捜査官／調査官 who was 調査（する）ing the 地元の police 返答 to the 狙撃 現在のd his findings at a city 会議 会合. The 報告（する）／憶測 （疑いを）晴らすd all 地元の officers of any 悪事を働くこと, 誘発するing fury の中で the 犠牲者s' families who have called for accountability.?

捜査官／調査官 足緒 Prado said officers had 行為／法令／行動するd in good 約束 にもかかわらず 地元の 当局 以前 存在 （刑事）被告 of botching its 返答 to the 狙撃.?

Veronica Mata, whose 10-year-old daughter Tess was の中で those killed, shouted:?'You said that they did it in good 約束. You call that good 約束? They stood there 77 minutes and waited after they got call after call that kids were still alive in there.

'We're going to stand here and we're going to keep fighting for our own, because nobody else is going to do it.'?

The 犠牲者s of the 狙撃 含むd a 10-year-old who aspired to be a lawyer and another who 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be a 海洋 biologist.

John, 22, 地位，任命するd photos of 王室の's visit to social マスコミ. They see the Duchess of Sussex speaking with him his driveway

The pair 株d a selfie together in the warm Texas 日光

John 地位，任命するd 噴出するing tweets に引き続いて the visit by the Duke and Duchess?

Meghan has kept in touch with the family since the 悲劇の 狙撃 in May 2022

A third pupil had been saving up money to go to Disney World. But they never got the chance to go on the trip.

Meghan visited Uvalde just two days after the 狙撃 where paid her 弔慰s and laid a bouquet of white roses tied with a purple 略章 at the cross for 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia.

A spokesperson for the Sussexes told the 出口 that Meghan went there unannounced to 個人として 支払う／賃金 her 弔慰s at the time.

After the visit, it is believed the Duchess went to the Herby Ham Activity 中心, 配達するing crates of food and drinks to 血 寄贈者s.

On Friday, Harry and Meghan were all smiles as they 長，率いるd into Austin's La Barbecue restaurant.

Harry and Meghan both embraced co-owner Alison Clem in a warm 抱擁する each before 存在 護衛するd inside where they 迎える／歓迎するd other 労働者s.

The Duchess seemed relaxed as she mingled with restaurant 労働者s, even 提起する／ポーズをとるing for photos along with her husband.

Irma Garcia, a teacher at the Robb Elementary School?was killed in the May 2022 狙撃

Two days after Irma's death, her husband, Joe, died from a heart attack

The visit （機の）カム after Meghan opened up about the 'hateful' cyber-いじめ（る）ing she received while 妊娠している with Archie and Lilibet during SXSW festival.

She arrived in Texas on Friday to discuss 'breaking 障壁s and challenging stereotypes' at an event at the festival と一緒に Brooke 保護物，者s and Katie Couric

Meghan talked about social マスコミ use and （人命などを）奪う，主張するd most of the online hate she experienced happened while she was 妊娠している with her two young children.

'I keep my distance from it 権利 now for my wellbeing but the 本体，大部分／ばら積みの of the いじめ（る）ing and 乱用 I was experiencing in social マスコミ and online was when I was 妊娠している with Archie and with Lili, and with a newborn, with each of them,' she said.

'You just think about that and to 包む your 長，率いる about why people would be so hateful. It's not catty it's cruel. Why you would do that when you're 妊娠している or as a mom it's such a tender and sacred time.'

She 追加するd: 'You could succumb to it, or nearly succumb to how painful that is. Or maybe because I was 妊娠している that mammalian instinct just kicks in to do everything you can to 保護する your child and as a result 保護する yourself too.'

一方／合間, Prince Harry was seen clapping in the 前線 列／漕ぐ／騒動 to support his wife Meghan - next to her old friend and confidante Markus Anderson.

This comes as the Duchess is said to have 雇うd a 'new PR guru' in time for her UK 再発進する.

Meghan visited Uvalde just two days after the 狙撃 where paid her 弔慰s and laid a bouquet of white roses tied with a purple 略章 at the cross for 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia?

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, visits a 記念の 場所／位置 in Uvalde, Texas? in May 2022 to 栄誉（を受ける） the 犠牲者s killed in the elementary school 狙撃

Meghan wants a stellar publicist to help her 促進する a new mystery 商売／仕事 投機・賭ける in 2024 that has 報道によれば been months in the making.

An 無名の (n)役員／(a)執行力のある has been 新採用するd to help her 扱う the Duchess's UK and European マスコミ 操作／手術 and 促進する Archewell, the 創立／基礎 she runs with her husband Prince Harry.

The Duchess of Sussex's new 事業／計画（する） is said to have been in the pipeline since last year and 述べるd as '高度に personal to her' and '本物の to who she is' by The Daily Telegraph.

It will only 料金d deafening rumours that she wants to 再発進する her lifestyle blog The Tig, 特に after her friend Gwyneth Paltrow 's GOOP brand burst through the $250million value over Christmas.

MailOnline 明らかにする／漏らすd her search new UK PR (n)役員／(a)執行力のある- but those at the heart of the 産業 （人命などを）奪う，主張するd it won't be an 平易な 職業 because the Sussexes' don't have a 評判 for 存在 good listeners.

One 述べるd the 役割 as 'a s**t 挟む that many 上級の PR people will not be willing to eat'.