Meghan Markle visited a women's shelter in Melbourne as one of the first stops of her and Prince Harry's visit to Australia
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The couple's visit marks their first return to Australia since their 2018 royal tour
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have a packed schedule on the continent, including a retreat in Sydney and a professional development summit in Melbourne
Meghan Marklehas made the first solo stop of her andPrince Harry's trip to Australia.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 14 (local time), the Duchess of Sussex, 44, visited a Homeless Services for Women Centre in Melbourne, where she put on an apron and served frittata to the users of the center.
After serving several people, Meghan asked, “Is anyone else hungry?" appearing relaxed and smiling at the press and guests at the location, PA Media reported.
Meghan then sat down at a table and joined people eating food at the centre, telling them: “We landed here this morning so my jet lag hasn’t quite hit yet.”
The center is run by McAuley Community Services for Women, which supports women and children experiencing family violence, homelessness and related challenges.
Prince Harry, 41, and Meghan's Australia visit marks their first time back on the continent since their royal tour in 2018. The trip is privately funded, andthe couple's children,Prince Archie, 6, andPrincess Lilibet, 4, will not be joining them.
The couple made their first public appearance of the visit on Tuesday morning, fora visit to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. Harry's mother,Princess Diana, had previously visited the Royal Children's Hospital on her royal tour of Australia in 1983.
Harry and Meghan were greeted and met by cheers from large crowds gathered along the walkways and balconies of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Novalie Morris, 12, a patient at the hospital who met the couple, told PEOPLE at the event, “I gave Harry flowers and he said 'thank you' and he told me to 'keep on being brave.' It cheered me up a lot and I’ll keep thinking about that."
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The youngest onlooker was six-week-old baby Millie who, after being released three days ago, returned to the hospital for a check-up. Her mother Zoe said it was a highlight for the family after a tough few weeks.
“One day, I’ll be able to tell her she met the prince," she told PEOPLE.
One 4-year-old patient, Lily, gave the couple a hand-drawn sign that said, “Welcome Harry and Meghan,” and presented a flower to the duchess, who hugged the little girl saying, “Oh my gosh, this is so sweet. I love it.”
Harry said, "Nice to meet you, Lily," and told her that the sign was "beautiful," asking, “How long did it take?”
During their trip, Prince Harry and Meghan are expected to attend a variety of public and private engagements,including Meghan headlining Her Best Life podcast's "girls weekend" retreatin Sydney and Harryserving as a keynote speaker on workplace mental healthat the InterEdge Psychosocial Safety Summit in Melbourne.
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Their last trip to Australia came in October 2018, when they embarked on an official royal tour that included supporting Prince Harry's Invictus Games in Sydney. The coupleannounced Meghan's pregnancywith their first child just before the tour kicked off, and Prince Archie was born in May 2019.
That 16-day tour of Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand included stops in Sydney, Dubbo, Melbourne, Fraser Island and the lakeside town of Rotorua in New Zealand.
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