Joshua, seven, snapped a selfie with the Duchess of Sussex during Melbourne hospital visit

Exclusive: “If I have kids when I grow up, I would probably show them the picture.”

The Sussexes may no longer be working royals, but they’ve certainly captured the attention of hundreds of young fans.

While a crowd of hundreds of staff, patients, journalists and royal fans would have paid good money for a photo with arguably one of the most famous women in the world, Joshua got the golden ticket.

‘I got a handshake from her.

“Unfortunately I couldn’t see Harry.”

His mother added that Joshua made his British-born grandmother proud

During the couple’s walk through the foyer of the children’s hospital, Harry and Meghan spent at least 10 minutes chatting with young patients, handing out warm hugs and posing for photos.

Meghan stopped and spoke for a few moments with Adnan and his daughter Enora, a patient at the hospital.

Adnan said it was great for Enora to meet a “princess”.

“It’s amazing because she’s always treated like a princess, so to see another princess come to the hospital and greet her before she’s released straight home… it’s good, very joyful. [she was] very friendly,” he said.

As parents to their own two young children, Archie, six, and Lilibet, four, Adnan said it took “courage” for Harry and Meghan to visit sick children.

“It’s been a tough journey, but knowing that she’s going to get better and that she did the surgery and she’s recovering, she’s now in rehab,” he added.

“Hopefully we go home today and put a smile on her face and she can stay home with her siblings.”

Another young patient who has undergone multiple heart surgeries told nine.com.au it was “really nice” to see the Sussexes taking the time to talk to him.

“They were very friendly, they had a lot of enthusiasm,” he said.

“We were talking to Meghan… Mom and I just told her I’ve been here since I was born.

“I had 11 holes in my heart when I was born and I’ve had two open-heart surgeries here, so meeting them made everything worth it.”

After greeting fans in the foyer, they headed to a private area of ​​the hospital to see other patients.

The hospital was opened in 1963 by Harry’s late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and returned in 2011 after undergoing a major renovation.

A nurse, who did not see Harry and Meghan because she was visiting patients, told nine.com.au she was also at work when the late Queen visited the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne 15 years ago.

Harry’s parents, now King Charles III and the late Princess Diana, also visited the hospital during their royal tour of Australia in 1985.

Harry and Meghan will spend the next two days in Melbourne before flying to Canberra and Sydney.

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