OREANDA-NEWS. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will take part in a charity concert to raise funds for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The show will be held at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles (USA). According to the organizers, the main goal of the event is to expand access to vaccines against infection, the «BBC» TV-channel reports.

The performance of the artists is scheduled for May 8. The host will be American singer Selena Gomez. The guests are expected to include US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, French leader Emmanuel Macron, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In addition, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Sean Penn, Chrissy Teigen and other celebrities will arrive.

«Over the past year, our world has experienced pain, loss, and struggle. We must work for a fair distribution of vaccines and thus restore faith in our common humanity. We can't leave anyone in this situation», Prince Harry and Meghan Markle said.

Earlier it became known, that the reissue of the biography of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle may cause a new round of tension in the royal family. The book «Finding Freedom», which was published in the summer of 2020, is going to be supplemented with new chapters containing a shocking interview with the American journalist Oprah Winfrey.