--- title: This Kid Was Enthralled By Prince Harry Beard description: One young fan in Australia really bonded with the Duke of Sussex canonical: https://time.com/5426667/prince-harry-beard-kid/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-17T02:00:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:03:12.852Z og:title: This Kid Could Not Get Enough of Prince Harry's Beard og:description: He is enthralled and so is everyone og:url: https://time.com/5426667/prince-harry-beard-kid/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09159aac1a12fdc0/69893cbc929fad0960bf1d7a/gettyimages-1052320318.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1981 og:image:height: 1114 og:image:alt: The Duke And Duchess Of Sussex Visit Australia - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Kid Could Not Get Enough of Prince Harry's Beard twitter:description: He is enthralled and so is everyone twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09159aac1a12fdc0/69893cbc929fad0960bf1d7a/gettyimages-1052320318.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Kid Could Not Get Enough of Prince Harry's Beard > Sponsored content. 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After arriving in Dubbo, Australia on the second day of a 16-day tour of Australia and the South Pacific on Tuesday, Prince Harry received an adorable hug from a kid who was enthralled with his beard._ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 17, 2018 2:00 AM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 17, 2018 2:00 AM UTC After arriving in Dubbo, Australia on the second day of a 16-day tour of Australia and the South Pacific on Tuesday, [Prince Harry](http://time.com/5425867/prince-harry-meghan-markle-daphne-dunne/) received an adorable hug from a kid who was enthralled with his beard. While royal admirers waited for the chance to meet [Harry and Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5425867/prince-harry-meghan-markle-daphne-dunne/), one young fan really bonded with the Duke of Sussex. Harry knelt down to meet a five-year-old who felt familiar enough to check out the texture of Prince Harry’s beard. The kid is Luke Vincent from Buninyong Public School, and he makes friends easily. > [](https://twitter.com/morningshowon7/status/1052356003436490752) People were immediately all in. > [](https://twitter.com/JadeMacmillan1/status/1052354874803814400) > [](https://twitter.com/newscomauHQ/status/1052364490304454656) > [](https://twitter.com/%5F%5Ftannah/status/1052358911271919617) > [](https://twitter.com/rianacrehan/status/1052366038090756097) While the beard was the main attraction, the tyke also got some one-on-one time with the Duchess of Sussex. He hugged both royals. The Duke and Duchess have been busy in Australia keeping a full itinerary of appearances, collecting stuffed animals and meeting real ones at the Taronga Zoo. While in Dubbo, the couple met with a local farming family to discuss the drought, and will take part in a community picnic. Kensington Palace recently announced that Meghan is pregnant, and expecting a [baby](http://time.com/5424506/royal-baby-meghan-markle-brexit/) in Spring 2019. ## Transcript [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5426667/prince-harry-beard-kid/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5426667/prince-harry-beard-kid/"},"headline":"This Kid Could Not Get Enough of Prince Harry's Beard","datePublished":"2018-10-17T02:00:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-13T08:03:12.852Z","description":"One young fan in Australia really bonded with the Duke of Sussex","url":"https://time.com/5426667/prince-harry-beard-kid/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Australia","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09159aac1a12fdc0/69893cbc929fad0960bf1d7a/gettyimages-1052320318.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09159aac1a12fdc0/69893cbc929fad0960bf1d7a/gettyimages-1052320318.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Duke And Duchess Of Sussex Visit Australia - Day 2","caption":"The Duke And Duchess Of Sussex Visit Australia - Day 2","creditText":"Karwai Tang—WireImage/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/5426667/prince-harry-beard-kid/","name":"This Kid Could Not Get Enough of Prince Harry's Beard"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Kid Could Not Get Enough of Prince Harry's Beard","description":"After arriving in Dubbo, Australia on the second day of a 16-day tour of Australia and the South Pacific on Tuesday, Prince Harry received an adorable hug from a kid who was enthralled with his beard.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3MezUFGN/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-10-17T03:02:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3MezUFGN.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5426667/prince-harry-beard-kid/","duration":"PT28S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5426667/prince-harry-beard-kid/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```