Meghan Markle laid flowers to honor the Texas school shooting victims in a surprise visit to a Uvalde memorial
- Meghan Markle made a surprise visit to Uvalde, Texas, to honor school shooting victims.
- She took the trip in a "personal capacity" as a mother who wanted to support the grieving community.
Meghan Markle made a surprise visit to Uvalde, Texas, to pay tribute to the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting, a spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex told Insider.
As part of her visit, the Duchess of Sussex laid flowers at a memorial outside the Uvalde County Courthouse on Thursday. She placed the bouquet in front of the memorial for 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia.
As a mother of two, Meghan took the trip in a "personal capacity" to offer condolences and support the grieving community in person, the spokesperson said.
Her visit came two days after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in a Uvalde elementary school Tuesday, killing 19 children and two teachers in a fourth-grade classroom.
Photos show Markle taking time to walk around the memorial, honoring each of the victims, while sporting jeans, a t-shirt, and a baseball cap.
This is not Markle's first appearance at a memorial of shooting victims.
In 2019, Markle, accompanied by her husband, Prince Harry, paid tribute to victims of the Christchurch, New Zealand, massacre, in which a gunman opened fire on two mosques.