Meghan Markle and Prince Harry may have just landed in Ireland on Tuesday, but they’ve already captured the country’s hearts.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex paid a symbolic visit to Dublin’s Croke Park stadium, the scene of a massacre by British troops almost a century ago, on their second day in Ireland. It is their first trip as a married couple.
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The pair had some cute interactions with children who came to see them, including a young boy grabbing Harry’s beard and another touching Markle’s hair (which you can watch in the video, top).
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Harry and Markle also met Irish President Michael D. Higgins, his wife Sabina and their two large Bernese mountain dogs, Brod and Sioda, known for crashing many a photo opportunity.
They then watched young Gaelic footballers and hurlers play traditional Irish sports at Croke Park, where Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney helped explain the rules.
The stadium is an iconic place for Irish nationalists. In 1920, during Ireland’s war for independence, British troops opened fire on a crowd there after 14 British intelligence officers were killed in the city the night before. Fourteen civilians, one aged 10, were killed on a day that became known as Bloody Sunday.
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Harry, Markle, Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton turned heads on Tuesday as they all attended the 100th birthday celebration of the Royal Air Force in London. For the first time, the foursome appeared together on the Buckingham Palace balcony to take in the RAF flyover.
Thousands of people lined the palace approach in central London to watch the ceremony. The flypast also included bombers, old and new, along with spy planes, helicopters and transporters.
On Monday, the four royals attended the christening of William and Middleton’s third child, Prince Louis.
Harry and Markle will spend two days in Ireland. Their first foreign tour as a royal married couple is taking place this fall, with planned travel to Fiji, Australia, New Zealand and the kingdom of Tonga.
— With files from Reuters