{"id":384042,"date":"2026-04-17T10:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/384042\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:27:17","slug":"prince-harry-meghan-meet-bondi-terror-attack-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/384042\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry, Meghan meet Bondi terror attack survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry and Meghan have met survivors of the Bondi Beach terror attack as they wind up their Australian tour.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are wrapping up their trip<\/a> on Friday, making the most of the autumn sun with a Sydney Harbour boat ride alongside Invictus Australia representatives, before attending a Super Rugby Pacific match.<\/p>\n

But they started their time in Sydney at Bondi, where 15 innocent people were killed<\/a> in the December 14 anti-Semitic terrorist attack.<\/p>\n

They met emergency workers who responded to the attack, as well as representatives of the Sydney Jewish Museum, which is opening an exhibition on the massacre.<\/p>\n

After arriving at the Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club on Friday morning, the couple spoke to Jessica Chapnik Khan, who survived the attack while shielding her five-year-old daughter after attending a Hanukkah party.<\/p>\n

They also spoke to Elon Zizer, 40, who survived after being shot numerous times while shielding his children.<\/p>\n

The couple met Shannon Biederman, the museum’s senior curator, who said it was “really special” to have them visit.<\/p>\n

The former royals have been all smiles throughout their four-day visit, making many public appearances and posing for selfies during their commitments in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

For royal-watchers, the experience has been surreal.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meet volunteer first responders from Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n

Among them were Courtney Higlett and her son Zaya, who shared a special moment with the couple on Thursday. <\/p>\n

“A lot’s gone on with Harry and Meghan, and we choose to ignore it and just look up to them as role models for what they do,” Ms Higlett told AAP.<\/p>\n

The appearance marked the closest the pair have come to a traditional royal walkabout during the trip.<\/p>\n

Fans in Sydney are expected to have more chances to catch a glimpse of Harry and Meghan, with the pair set to be on full display during their harbour boat ride.<\/p>\n

Private ticket holders will also get up close with Meghan when she delivers a speech on Friday night as the headline guest at an exclusive Sydney retreat, where tickets start at AU$2699 (NZ$3284)<\/p>\n

Those paying AU$3199 (NZ$3893) for the VIP experience will receive a group table photo with Meghan, along with gift bags and a premium hotel room.<\/p>\n

No longer working royals following their much-publicised split with Buckingham Palace, Harry and Meghan are visiting in a private capacity.<\/p>\n

Rather than open meet-and-greets with members of the public, the pair have opted to stick to managed private environments during their tour.<\/p>\n

Harry delivered his own keynote speech at the InterEdge Summit in Melbourne on Thursday, where he shared feeling “lost, betrayed, or completely powerless” at times in his life.<\/p>\n

During a conversation with former federal politician Brendan Nelson, Harry recalled a moment in the days following the death in 1997 of his mother, Princess Diana, when he felt unable to move forward with public life.<\/p>\n

“After my mum died just before my 13th birthday – I was like: ‘I don’t want this job. I don’t want this role – wherever this is headed, I don’t like it’,” he said.<\/p>\n

The duke also used the speech to reflect on a time when he lacked the tools to recognise his own mental health struggles.<\/p>\n

“There have been many times when I’ve felt overwhelmed,” he told the large crowd.<\/p>\n

Guests paid about AU$1000 to AU$2400 (NZ$1216 to NZ$2920) for a ticket to the InterEdge Summit, although media reports suggest that Harry was not paid a fee for his speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan have met survivors of the Bondi Beach terror attack as they wind up their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[85,156,4866,111,139,69,3578],"class_list":{"0":"post-384042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-meghan-markle","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-prince-harry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}