The Duke of Sussex surprised his wife with a video call during her appearance as a guest judge on MasterChef Australia. During the episode, Prince Harry called Meghan to check in, with producers handing her the phone. She greeted him by saying “hi, my love,” and afterwards called him “a charmer”.
Contestants were set the task of transforming a staple ingredient into a dish “fit for a duchess”, although the duchess herself urged her fellow judges to “call me Meghan”. Critics were split on the episode, with The Sunday Times calling it “one big gush-fest” while Hello Magazine posted she “made MasterChef Australia her own”. Meghan filmed the episode in Melbourne in April, during a four-day tour of Australia with Prince Harry.
The couple, no longer working royals, visited in a private capacity. Their trip combined visits to charitable causes alongside money-making events. Early on in the episode, Meghan was asked what her favourite dish is to make at home.
She said it was “a tough one because I have a lot of palettes to appease”, with her British-born husband favouring “meat, potatoes and cream sauce” while she preferred grilled fish. Their two children, Archie and Lilibet, often help with meal preparation and are “great eaters”, she said. “We’re really lucky on that front,” she added.
She then urged the chefs to cook something they felt connected to. “What’s the story behind it?” she asked them. When Prince Harry dialled in later on during the episode, Meghan told them: “My husband’s here,” prompting cheers and shocked faces from contestants and spectators.
“I wish you could try these, these dishes are fantastic,” she told him, before showing him the food. He signed off by telling her to go and enjoy, adding: “Very sorry to disturb you.” The duchess’s appearance on the latest season of the show was well received by Hello Magazine, which shared a video of the episode online and complimented Meghan for the way she interacted with the chefs. “The Duchess of Sussex gave personal time calls to all the contestants, proving that she’s always so effortlessly elegant,” it wrote.
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