--- title: Prince Harry Introduces Meghan Markle to Daphne Dunne description: After arriving in Sydney, Prince Harry was reunited with the 98-year-old war widow he refers to as his "favorite Aussie," Daphne Dunne. canonical: https://time.com/5425867/prince-harry-meghan-markle-daphne-dunne/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-16T21:17:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:29.016Z og:title: Prince Harry Introduced Meghan Markle to His 98-Year-Old Fan og:description: Daphne Dunne has come out to meet Harry on several occasions og:url: https://time.com/5425867/prince-harry-meghan-markle-daphne-dunne/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebe78b21f3fce84f/69893cb1096a94baee6a3b01/prince-harry-daphne-dunne.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Prince-Harry-Daphne-Dunne og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Harry Introduced Meghan Markle to His 98-Year-Old Fan twitter:description: Daphne Dunne has come out to meet Harry on several occasions twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebe78b21f3fce84f/69893cb1096a94baee6a3b01/prince-harry-daphne-dunne.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Harry Reunited With His 98-Year-Old 'Favorite' and Introduced Her to Meghan Markle > Sponsored content. 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Paul Edwards - Pool/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 16, 2018 9:17 PM UTC After [arriving in Sydney](http://time.com/5424488/prince-harry-meghan-markle-australia-sydney/) for a 16-day tour of [Australia](http://time.com/5424675/prince-harry-meghan-markle-australia-new-zealand-history/) and the South Pacific on Monday, [Prince Harry](http://time.com/5425592/prince-harry-meghan-markle-australia-koalas/) was reunited with the 98-year-old war widow he refers to as his [“favorite Aussie.”](https://www.etonline.com/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-promise-aussie-fan-theyll-return-with-their-little-one-111688) While greeting fans outside the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday, the Duke of Sussex was apparently overjoyed to spot royal admirer Daphne Dunne in the crowd. “I was looking for you earlier and hoped you’d be here,” Harry told her after giving her a warm hug, according to [ET](https://www.etonline.com/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-promise-aussie-fan-theyll-return-with-their-little-one-111688). “It’s so good to see you again.” Harry first met Dunne during his visit down under in 2015—when she was wearing the Victoria Cross medal that her husband, Lieutenant Albert Chowne, was posthumously awarded during World War II—and came into contact with her again in 2017. But this was the first time that Meghan Markle was with him for one of their encounters. Harry, of course, was quick to introduce his wife to his most adoring fan. “I’m so glad I got to meet you,” the Duchess of Sussex told Dunne. “Harry has told me all about you and your special bond. It’s so lovely you came to see us, thank you.” > [](https://twitter.com/7NewsSydney/status/1052056974899077120) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1052079442049216512) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5425867/prince-harry-meghan-markle-daphne-dunne/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5425867/prince-harry-meghan-markle-daphne-dunne/"},"headline":"Prince Harry Reunited With His 98-Year-Old 'Favorite' and Introduced Her to Meghan Markle","datePublished":"2018-10-16T21:17:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:29.016Z","description":"Daphne Dunne has come out to meet Harry on several occasions","url":"https://time.com/5425867/prince-harry-meghan-markle-daphne-dunne/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","Prince Harry"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebe78b21f3fce84f/69893cb1096a94baee6a3b01/prince-harry-daphne-dunne.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebe78b21f3fce84f/69893cb1096a94baee6a3b01/prince-harry-daphne-dunne.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince-Harry-Daphne-Dunne","caption":"Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex meets 98 year old Daphne Dunne during a meet and greet at the Sydney Opera House on October 16, 2018 in Sydney, Australia.","creditText":"Paul Edwards - Pool/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5425867/prince-harry-meghan-markle-daphne-dunne/","name":"Prince Harry Reunited With His 98-Year-Old 'Favorite' and Introduced Her to Meghan Markle"}}]}] ```