 On 8 January 2020, Prince Charles issued a video message expressing his despair at the "appalling horror" of the fires.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex also issued messages to Australia, Princess Mary of Denmark, who is of Australian heritage, published an open letter where she and her husband, Crown Prince Frederik, expressed their condolences to the victims and respect for the firefighters.Four deployments totalling 87 Canadian firefighters were sent through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.