JK Rowling Donates 1 Million Pounds For Coronavirus Relief On Battle Of Hogwarts' 22nd Anniversary
Harry Potter author JK Rowling is contributing 1 million pounds to help some of those hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown.
Harry
Potter
author
JK
Rowling
is
contributing
1
million
pounds
to
help
some
of
those
hit
hardest
by
the
coronavirus
pandemic
and
the
subsequent
lockdown.
The
54-year-old
writer
made
the
announcement
on
account
of
the
22nd
anniversary
of
the
fictional
Battle
of
Hogwarts
on
May
2.
She
has
made
it
an
annual
tradition
to
apologise
for
killing
off
a
character
in
the
book,
such
as
Fred
Weasley,
Severus
Snape,
Dobby,
on
the
anniversary
but
this
time
she
commemorated
the
event
by
donating
instead.
"Today's
the
22nd
anniversary
of
the
Battle
of
Hogwarts,
but
I'm
going
to
be
honest
and
say
that
it
feels
inappropriate
to
talk
about
fictional
deaths
today.
Too
many
people
are
losing
loved
ones
in
the
real
world," she
wrote
on
Twitter.
Rowling,
whose
husband
Neil
Murray
is
a
doctor,
said
at
a
time
when
she
has
three
frontline
workers
in
her
family,
her
heart
goes
out
to
all
essential
service
providers.
"So
on
this
anniversary
of
a
great
wizarding
victory,
I'm
thinking
of
the
people
who're
out
there
doing
their
jobs
to
protect
us
and
our
way
of
life.
I
have
3
key
workers
in
my
immediate
family,
and
like
all
such
relatives,
I'm
torn
between
pride
and
anxiety."
The
British
novelist
said
the
money
will
be
equally
split
between
Crisis
and
Refuge
charities.
"As
ever
in
a
crisis
of
this
sort,
the
poorest
and
most
vulnerable
are
hit
hardest,
so
in
honour
of
the
Battle
of
Hogwarts,
I'll
be
making
a
donation
of
1m,
half
of
which
will
go
to
Crisis,
who're
helping
the
homeless
during
the
pandemic,
and
half
of
which
will
go
to
Refuge,
because
we
know
that
domestic
abuse
has,
sadly,
increased
hugely
during
the
lockdown," she
said.
Last
month,
Rowling
revealed
that
she
showed
the
symptoms
of
COVID-19,
but
had
"fully
recovered".
She
said
she
suffered
from
the
infection
for
two
weeks.