Meghan makes surprise appearance on reality show during Australian tour

The Duchess of Sussex has made a surprise appearance on reality cooking show MasterChef Australia, as her husband Prince Harry jetted off to the nation's capital on the second day of their tour.

Meghan made a shock appearance at the MasterChef set in Melbourne's inner-north-west, where she appeared as a guest judge for contestants on this year's season.

The Duchess was embraced by fellow judges Jean-Christophe Novelli, Poh Ling Yeow and Sofia Levin after walking down the red carpet of the studio in a black dress.

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"I'm so happy to be here," she told the judges.

Meghan has spruiked her cooking skills on two seasons of her Netflix lifestyle show With Love, Meghan.

Meghan was not listed on today's itinerary for the couple's tour, raising questions about how she may have been spending the day.

Meanwhile, Prince Harry spent the morning at Whitten Oval in Footscray, where he learned a few tricks of the craft from Western Bulldogs players and mingled with young fans and members of the Wiggles.

"I still didn't believe it until he came walking out," Western Bulldogs midfielder Adam Treloar said.

"He said he'd never kicked a footy or handballed before. I think he was a bit disappointed we gave him a kids' footy, he wanted a real one."

Inside the club, Harry attended a private Movember event, where he discussed his experience with therapy and touched on the impact fatherhood has had on his life.

"Certainly from a therapy standpoint, you want to be the best version of yourself for your kids," Harry said during the Q and A session, the Press Association reports.

"And I knew that I had stuff from the past that I needed to deal with, and therefore prepare myself to basically cleanse myself of the past."

He was also presented with Western Bulldogs jerseys with the names of his two children Archie, 6 and Lilibet, 4, printed on the back.

A few dozen fans lined Whitten Oval in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the prince, but he slipped in through a side exit and left through a back door.

Dogs supporters said they were pleased Harry was shining a light on an important cause, as well as their club.

"I think it's awesome, you know it's an honour for our club and it's a privilege for him to be at our club," Western Bulldogs fan Irene Chatfield said.

Harry then jetted to Canberra, where he spent the afternoon visiting the Australian War Memorial.

The Duke of Sussex wore a suit and his military service medals as he was shown an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander memorial at the venue.

He laid a wreath at the memorial and participated in a traditional Indigenous smoking ceremony.

After meeting with Indigenous veterans and receiving a tour of the commemorative museum, the Prince, once known to his fellow servicemen and women as Captain Wales, rounded out a day of solo engagements with a Last Post Ceremony.

Harry is attending an Invictus Australia reception this evening before flying back to Melbourne tonight.

The pair are set to take part in a First Nations guided cultural Scar Tree walk along the Yarra tomorrow, which is tipped to be the best chance for the public to see the couple.

Read the couple's full Australia itinerary here.

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