Photographer Zak Hussein recalls when Meghan and Harry introduced the rain to a drought-stricken community.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's 2018 visit to Dubbo, Australia, was memorable for extra than one reason.
Zak Hussein, a photographer whose father Anwar Hussein was once at the back of the digital camera for some of Princess Diana's largest moments, was on the scene for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's tour of Australia.
"They were greeted as soon as they bought off the plane," Zak tells PEOPLE in this week's issue. "And then this little 5-year-old boy, Luke Vincent, who has Down syndrome, ran out from beneath the rope and hugged Harry. It passed off truly quickly—I'm happy I had a long lens, as we had been stationed a lengthy distance away and bought it all with Meghan's reaction."
He continues, "It very a great deal shows how they are. They'd just announced their pregnancy, and they have been showing their herbal affinity."
The younger boy's foremost stated Luke lit up when he first saw Harry — and his beard!
"Luke's thing is Santa Claus," Anne van Dartel, essential of Buninyong Public School, Dubbo, until now instructed PEOPLE. "And so as soon as he noticed it [Harry's beard], we went into the panic mode because he is touching a member of the royal family! And he persevered to do it. And he hugged him. So what you and I cannot get away with, my lovely friend can."
Shortly after Meghan and Harry's arrival, rain started out to fall — a welcome surprise for the community, which had been experiencing a two-year drought.
"You had this prince and this duchess who landed in this small town, and all at once it was like they delivered on this rain, in this Biblical moment," Zak says.
For greater on the memories at the back of Hussein's iconic pics of Princess Diana, pick out up a reproduction of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday
The couple sweetly huddled under an umbrella, with Meghan even retaining it for her husband when he stepped up to the podium to give a speech.
Zak and his brother Samir observed in their father's footsteps, additionally becoming photographers capturing the lives of the royal family. The three men's work appears in Princess Diana: Accredited Access, a "walk-through documentary" presently open in Chicago and Los Angeles, with New York City next.
For facts and to reserve tickets to Princess Diana: Accredited Access, visit princessdianaexhibit.com. Use promo code PEOPLE15 to acquire 15% off.
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