Some local residents and visitors were lucky enough to meet the couple while they were on the walk.
Sofia Rocha, a Brazilian woman visiting Melbourne for her sister’s wedding, was on a run along the river when she saw the famous couple.
“It was so nice,” she said. “They are the most gorgeous couple.”
Narelle Zagami, a local resident, went to meet the visitors. “It’s very emotional. I love Harry. They are just beautiful people,” she said.
When asked about the criticism of the couple making money during their trip as private citizens, Zagami did not agree.
“They’ve got to make a living as well. It’s part of their life now, this sort of thing, so I think it’s good,” she said.
It was a similar feeling for local Vita Benic, who also made the effort to see the Prince of Wales, as the future King Charles III was then, and his late first wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, during their 1983 Australia visit.
“I just wanted to let them know what wonderful people they are,” Benic said, who gave the couple children’s colouring books for Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
“They’re the epitome of what a family should be,” Benic said.