When Prince Harry met Daphne... again

Well-wisher, 98, welcomes Duke of Sussex to Australia for the third time

Prince Harry proudly introduced his new wife to one of his oldest admirers in Australia.

Harry met Daphne Dunne, 98, for the third time on the first day of his tour Down Under as he greeted well-wishers in the sunshine outside Sydney Opera House.

After finding the nonagenarian in the crowd of around 2,000 people, he said: “I was looking for you earlier and hoped you’d be here. It’s so good to see you again.”

He then introduced Mrs Dunne, who saw Harry during his 2015 and 2017 visits to Australia, to the Duchess of Sussex, who told her that next time the couple visited they “might have our little one with us”.

Meghan said: “I’m so glad I got to meet you. Harry has told me all about you and your special bond, it’s so lovely you came to see us, thank you.”

Mrs Dunne, who congratulated the couple on their baby news, touched Harry’s cheek fondly as he put his arm around her.

She said: “It was lovely to meet the duchess, Meghan. Harry is a wonderful man and I’m so happy he has found

He kissed me on the other cheek this time. He really is a lovely young man and he’s warm and genuine. DAPHNE DUNNE

happiness. They both deserve the absolute world together.”

War widow Mrs Dunne’s first husband, Lieutenant Albert Chowne, died aged 25 in 1945 during an attack on a Japanese machine gun post in Papua New Guinea.

He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross which Mrs Dunne was wearing when she first met Harry.

Last year, the duke left Mrs Dunne a little flushed after he gave her a peck on the cheek – the second time he has kissed the elderly royal fan.

Harry gave her a similar welcome when they met in 2015 during his monthlong attachment with the Australian Defence Force.

She said: “He kissed me on the other cheek this time. He really is a lovely young man and he’s warm and genuine and really cares about the injured servicemen and women; he’s doing a fantastic job supporting them.”

Pictures: PA. The pair were reunited during a walkabout outside Sydney Opera House. Below: Meghan talks to Australian singer Missy Higgins, with her baby, at a reception hosted by the governor-general.