Oprah Winfrey has offered a strange new insight into the Californian lives of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The couple’s pal revealed their “duck problem”, which led to them frantically running around her garden with a box. She said, mimicking an English accent: “I get a call from Harry, Prince Harry, on Easter Saturday, and he says, ‘Sorry to bother you, O, but we have a duck problem here’.
“A duck had come into their yard and laid their eggs and had these chicks. And he said, ‘Our pond is a stream, we don’t have a pond, so can we bring the ducks over to your pond?'” The A-lister eventually agreed, but asked the Duke to wait for her friend Gayle King’s grandchildren to arrive so they could watch.
Despite this request, Prince Harry came racing over, she said.
Oprah said, appearing on Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast on Wednesday: “I said, ‘Wait until I can get the kids to come down to the pond so they can see you put the ducks in the pond’. And he goes, ‘No, we’re coming right away, we’re coming over!'”
Chaos ensued when the mother duck flew away, leaving the royal couple rushing around to collect all the babies.
She said: “As he opens the door, the mama duck flies out. And he’s got all the baby ducks in a box. We’re chasing the mama duck who is in the front yard and has flown to the other side.
“We’ve got her ducks. Harry’s running after, Meghan gets out, she’s running after, chasing the mom and trying to get her to come back to her ducks.
“And for like half an hour, we’re running around with the ducks in a box. We have video. It’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.”
Over Easter, Meghan shared a video of the ducks on her Instagram account. The caption read: “Wishing you a Happy Easter full of love… and surprises!”