Prince Harry and Meghan Markle spent the Christmas period in Canada away from the public eye and intense media speculation. However, despite the fact the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were in hiding, they still managed to make one very starstruck couple’s day!
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The royal couple were out for a hike on New Year’s Day when they spotted a young couple struggling to take a photo with a selfie stick.
“We’ve been doing this hike on New Year’s Day for the past two years. We took a little picnic out and we were finishing up and trying to get some selfies with the nice backdrop when a woman came up to us and asked if we wanted her to take our photo,” Asymina Kantorowicz, 29, told PEOPLE.
“We had noticed the group before, it was otherwise pretty secluded. They had two dogs with them and we wanted to pet one,” added Kantorowicz.
Kantorowicz, who was with her boyfriend Iliya Pavlovic, didn’t realize who the woman was at first until she noticed a famous face among the group of three — Meghan’s good friend and fellow Suits star Abigail Spencer. She then realised the woman taking their photo was the Duchess of Sussex herself.
“I’m a Suits fan and I first noticed Abigail and then I looked up and realised it was Meghan taking the photo. Then I looked back at the group and realized Prince Harry was there too!” she says.
“I couldn’t believe who it was. There was Meghan smiling at me, waiting to take the photo and it was just shock at that moment and disbelief,” Kantorowicz says.
“The only thing I could think to say to her was, ‘There’s only so much that selfie sticks can do,’ ” Kantorowicz adds. “She laughed and said something like, ‘We’ll have to take a good photo then,’ and then Harry said, ‘No pressure.’”
“She was just super friendly,” says Kantorowic. “Honestly, it was just so nice of them. We wouldn’t have seen them if they hadn’t approached us. She saw us struggling to take photos.”
“She handed me the phone and said, ‘Happy New Year!’ and we said, ‘Thanks and happy New Year,” Kantorowic adds.
“She seemed happy and down to earth — she was just enjoying her New Year’s hike with her husband and friend. She and Harry seemed really happy — like a happy newly married couple. I wish baby Archie had been there! I hope they’re enjoying their stay on Vancouver Island.”
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