The couple appeared with a younger and less stuffy generation of royals at the UNICEF event., meeting with Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederick and Princess Mary to bring attention to famine in the African region. Prince William said at the event, “As tragic and as disastrous as what’s going on around the rest of the world financially, I think what’s going on in East Africa really puts things into perspective of how terrible a crisis can actually get.” The two royal couples joined workers in filling boxes with medicine and emergency supplies headed for East Africa, where 13 million people are at risk of starvation. William said, “You know, the rains have come now  … (but) that doesn’t necessarily mean that things are going to get better at all. In fact, disease becomes a huge issue. And so it’s very much a case of anyone who can do anything to help, please do.”