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Fans face rain to greet Harry and Meghan on Down Under tour
MELBOURNE, Oct 18, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Thousands of royal fans in Melbourne
waited in the rain on Thursday to get a glimpse of Prince Harry and his
pregnant wife Meghan, with some overwhelmed by the experience.
Clutching flowers and waving flags, the screaming crowds turned out to
welcome the pair, who were delayed in traffic after flying in from Sydney on
the third day of their tour Down Under.
“I love everything they stand for. As a human being you have so much to
look up to with them,” one young fan who had been waiting since before dawn
told national broadcaster ABC.
A teenage girl cried tears of joy after being greeted by the prince, while
Meghan was inundated by gifts and flower bouquets.
The Duchess was wearing a tan trench-coat, believed to be by Paris-based
Australian designer Martin Grant, and holding a Gucci Sylvie clutch.
After the public meet-and-greet, the couple will spend some time with the
Victorian Governor Linda Dessau in an official reception at Government House,
before heading to a restaurant that mentors indigenous chefs.
They will then follow in the footsteps of Harry’s grandmother Queen
Elizabeth during her 2011 visit by taking a tram ride in Melbourne.
The couple are due to return to Sydney later this week for the opening of
the global sports championship the Invictus Games, which was set up by Harry
for wounded military personnel after his decade of service in the army.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 0804 hrs