Harry and Meghan volunteer to deliver food for 'overloaded' LA charity

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are doing their part to help their new Los Angeles community by volunteering to deliver food to vulnerable people in the area during the COVID-19 outbreak.

They joined other volunteers supporting local charity Project Angel food over the Easter weekend, delivering meals on Easter Sunday before returning on Wednesday to donate more non-perishable meals to vulnerable LA locals.

As the pandemic sweeps through the US, it's becoming harder for charitable organisations to support those in need, especially as job losses push more Americans into financial strife.

Project Angel Food alone usually serves 1,600 meals each day but is hard at work to bump that figure up to 2,000 as more LA locals struggle to feed themselves and their families amid the crisis.

The royals stepped up after hearing the charity had become "overloaded" while trying to feed everyone in need during the coronavirus pandemic, revealed Project Angle Food's executive director Richard Ayoub.

"They told us they heard our drivers were overloaded and wanted to volunteer to lighten the drivers' workload," he told ET Online.

"I am blown away that they chose us. They care about our vulnerable population."

The outlet also reported it was Doria Ragland, Meghan's mother and a frontline worker herself, who told the royal couple the charity was struggling.

In keeping with current social distancing rules in the US, Harry and Meghan were required to maintain a two-metre distance from other members of the public and wore protective gear like gloves and masks.

This seems to be the couple's first public charitable work following their royal exit on 31 March, suggesting the pair plan to embrace new, local charitable causes while still supporting their UK charities and patronages.

Just yesterday it was revealed the Sussexes had donated the profits from their 2018 wedding to a similar charity in the UK, Feeding Britain. The organisation's president is the Archbishop of Canterbury, who presided over their wedding.

Harry and Meghan had recently been made aware of profits from the BBC telecast of their wedding and asked it be donated in their name to help feed vulnerable Britons as the UK also works to contain COVID-19.

It's understood the couple are self-isolating at their new LA home with young son Archie, who will turn one on May 6, less than a month from now.

Sources claimed the Sussexes were planning a party for the tot that would double as a welcome party, inviting A-list stars and Hollywood pals, but those plans have been put on hold by recently extended lockdown restrictions in LA.