Pregnant Princess Eugenie personally delivered Salvation Army safe house residents Christmas gifts of crafts and activities to ‘help with their well-being’ as they recover from their experiences of modern slavery
- Princess Eugenie gave Christmas gifts to Salvation Army safe house residents
- Royal, 30, was joined by Anti-Slavery Collective co-founder Julia de Boinville
- Presents consisted of crafts and other activities to ‘help with their well-being’
Princess Eugenie gave Salvation Army safe house residents Christmas gifts to ‘help with their well-being’ as they continued to recover from their experiences of modern slavery.
The Queen’s granddaughter, 30, along with Anti-Slavery Collective co-founder Julia de Boinville, personally handed out presents of crafts and other activities to the residents in December.
Taking to Twitter, The Salvation Army shared a snap of a pile of gifts wrapped in red paper and a signed card from Eugenie and Julia which read: ‘Thank you for welcoming Eugenie and I into our home earlier this month, and for sharing your stories so openly.
‘You inspire us to keep fighting against modern slavery, and we have you in our hearts and minds every day.’
Princess Eugenie gave Salvation Army safe house residents Christmas gifts of crafts and other activities to ‘help with their well-being’ as they stayed safe and continued to recover from their experiences of modern slavery. Pictured, during a previous visit to the charity
The Queen’s granddaughter along with Anti-Slavery Collective co-founder Julia de Boinville personally handed out the gifts to the residents. Pictured, one of the presents
Taking to Twitter, the charity penned: ‘This Christmas safe house residents were delighted to receive gifts from Anti-Slavery Collective founders HRH Princess Eugenie & Julia de Boinville’ (pictured)
The charity penned: ‘This Christmas safe house residents were delighted to receive gifts from Anti-Slavery Collective founders HRH Princess Eugenie & Julia de Boinville containing crafts & other activities to help with their well-being as they stay safe and continue to recover from their experiences of modern slavery.’
In October, Princess Eugenie, who is expecting her first child with husband Jack Brooksbank in ‘early 2021’, was ‘incredibly moved’ after meeting with modern slavery survivors during a visit to a Salvation Army safe house.
In snaps of the appearance shared on Instagram, the expectant mother could be seen wearing a white face mask and social distancing as she spoke with survivors and staff members.
Captioning the images, The Anti Slavery Collective wrote: ‘Princess Eugenie and Julia were incredibly moved by the courageous stories of the survivors who had endured sometimes decades of abuse at the hands of traffickers and slave labourers.’
The charity shared a snap of a signed card from Eugenie and Julia which was addressed to a resident (pictured)
The Salvation Army shared a snap of a pile of presents wrapped in red paper which were personally handed to the safe house residents
In one of the photographs shared by the organisation, Princess Eugenie could be seen posing outside the safe house and holding a purple plant pot made for her by survivors.
Tackling modern slavery has long been an important cause for the royal, who first became passionate about it after visiting Women’s Interlink during a 2013 trip to India with her mother, Sarah, Duchess of York.
Following her visit to the charity – which helps vulnerable women find employment opportunities – Eugenie became involved with several different organisations, such as the Salvation Army, before starting her own initiative.
Eugenie and Julia set up The Anti-Slavery Collective in 2017 – an ‘independent collective whose mission is to bring change-makers together to raise awareness for modern slavery as a global epidemic’.
The pair are long-term friends who first met when they were both at school.