MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry kindly offered a helping hand to a couple who were struggling to take a picture with a selfie stick.
The Duke and Duchess approached Iliya Pavlovic and Asymina Kantorowicz while they were hiking through Vancouver Island’s Horth Hill Regional Park on New Year’s Day.
Asymina, a producer for CTV News, told the channel that she actually didn’t recognize Harry and Meghan at first.
It was only after she thought that Meghan’s Suits co-star Abigail Spencer – who the pair had been holidaying with – looked familiar that Asymina realize who she was speaking too.
The hiker said she “froze up” at the shock of meeting Harry and Meghan, adding that the Duchess was “super friendly.”
According to the couple, Meghan asked if they would like their picture taken – to which they agreed.
Meghan, 38, is said to have taken three photos of Iliya and Asymina, during which Price Harry, 35, joked “no pressure” as his wife snapped the images.
Asymina added: “We noticed a group was standing nearby and they had two dogs, one of which was approaching us.
“She starts asking if we want her to take a photo for us. We said sure. I didn’t see who she was at that time.”
Asymina then realized who it was taking the picture, saying: “In that moment the only thing I could think to say, ‘There’s only so much that selfie sticks can do.’
“She laughed and responded with something like, ‘We’ll have to do better,’ and then Harry said, ‘No pressure.'”
According to Asymina, the couples then wished each other “Happy New Year.”
Describing the her shock after the surprise encounter, Asymina said: “We kind of turned to each other laughed and said, ‘Did that just happen?’ I still can’t believe it. It feels like a dream.
“We didn’t want to make a big deal of it. We really appreciated that she stopped to take a photo for us. We would not have recognized them had they not approached us.
“I was in shock and I didn’t want to make it a big deal. But then we both called our moms to tell them.”
Harry and Meghan were reported to have spent their first Christmas with baby Archie in a $14.1 million waterfront mansion on Vancouver Island.
They spent Thanksgiving in Meghan’s native US, where they enjoyed family time with “close family.”
The pair are said to be “exhausted” by 2019 after they were dogged with criticism over their use of private jets and “excessive” requests for privacy.
Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, also joined the couple in Canada, according to reports.
