Prince Harry Had a Rare Photo with Meghan Markle on Display During Kensington Palace Meeting

Stephanie Petit

Prince Harry had a special reminder of wife Meghan Markle on hand while spending the day on solo royal duty.

The new father headed to his former home of Kensington Palace in London on Tuesday for a meeting with Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Behind the prime minister, there was a photo on display of Harry and Meghan that has never been officially released.

The shot, which is thought to have been taken in December 2017 by photographer Alexi Lubomirski as part of their engagement photoshoot, shows the couple posing with Meghan’s arm rested on her husband’s chest as they smile at the camera. Harry wears a blue suit, while Meghan coordinates in a light blue off-the-shoulder dress with her hair worn down and wavy.

In a special touch, the photo also included both Harry and Meghan’s distinctive signatures and was displayed in a black frame featuring the couple’s joint monogram.

The sweet photo was previously spotted in the background of another meeting. Shortly after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex wed in May 2018, the picture sat on a side table at Buckingham Palace when Queen Elizabeth hosted Honorable George Brandis, the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

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DOMINIC LIPINSKI/AFP/Getty
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle | DOMINIC LIPINSKI/AFP/Getty
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle | DOMINIC LIPINSKI/AFP/Getty
George Brandis and Queen Elizabeth | John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty
George Brandis and Queen Elizabeth | John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty

Other photos on display during Harry’s meeting included a portrait of Kate Middleton and Prince William.

“The Duke of Sussex has had a longstanding connection to The Ghurkas and the people of Nepal beginning at a very young age,” according to a new post shared on the @SussexRoyal Instagram after the meeting. “Today His Royal Highness held an audience with Nepal’s Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen. This is the first visit to the UK by a Nepali Prime Minister in 19 years.”

Harry previously met Prime Minister Oli during a May 2016 trip to Nepal while the country was recovering from a devastating earthquake.

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The Duke of Sussex has had a longstanding connection to The Ghurkas and the people of Nepal beginning at a very young age. Today His Royal Highness held an audience with Nepal's Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen. This is the first visit to the UK by a Nepali Prime Minister in 19 years. The Duke has previously met KP Sharma Oli, on his first official visit to Nepal in March 2016, a country he had always longed to visit. At the time, Nepal was recovering from a major earthquake - rural villages had been torn apart leaving many families displaced, with heritage sites in Kathmandu severely damaged. Despite this tragedy, The Duke was moved by the remarkable spirit, resilience and warmth of the Nepalese, as seen in the photos from his visit. The Duke explored Nepal’s stunning natural beauty, trekking through a National Park, experiencing the Hindu Festival of Colour in the Himalayan village of Okhari and staying with a local family in Leorani village. During the visit, HRH also met The Royal Gurkha Rifles at the British Gurkha Camp in Pokhara, whom are a unique unit of soldiers in the British Army recruited from Nepal. The Duke has a particularly close bond to The Gurkha’s, having served with The 1st Battalion in Afghanistan in 2007/2008. The Gurkha’s have taken part in operations in Kosovo, Bosnia, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Australia and Iraq and share a 203 year relationship with the UK. At the end of his 2016 visit, The Duke joined Team Rubicon volunteers to help a remote village whose community had been destroyed in the earthquake. @TeamRubicon unites the skills and expertise of military veterans with first responders to rapidly deploy emergency response teams in the aftermath of natural disasters. The Duke helped with the rebuild of the local school, giving children a safe space to go to school and study before the monsoon season arrived.

A post shared by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (@sussexroyal) on Jun 11, 2019 at 6:05am PDT

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Meghan took a break from her maternity leave to make an appearance at the annual Trooping the Colour celebration in honor of the Queen’s birthday on Saturday. She made her Buckingham Palace balcony debut last year, just weeks after her royal wedding.

The Duchess of Sussex, who wore a navy ensemble by her wedding dress designer Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy and a matching hat by Noel Stewart, and husband Prince Harry rode in the same carriage as Kate Middleton and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The group smiled and chatted as their carriage made their way through the parade route.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry | Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry | Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry | Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry | Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images

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The royal mom welcomed son Archie Harrison just five weeks ago on May 6. While Harry isn’t taking paternity leave — he has made several appearances since welcoming son Archie, including short trips to the Netherlands and Rome — Meghan is adjusting to life as a new mother at home in Frogmore Cottage.