Meghan Markle in recent months has highlighted how Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet are very close to Meghan’s set of friends, such as former tennis star, Serena Williams. However, it appears Prince Harry has also gained a “surrogate father” according to an American actress.
The Daily Mail reports that the Hollywood film composer David Foster seems to have taken the duke under his wing in recent years. In 2020, his wife Katharine McPhee told Access Hollywood: “My husband has a really, really beautiful relationship with Harry. They’re like father and son.”
She explained how David helped set the Sussexes up with their Canadian multi-million pound mansion before they moved to Montecito, California.
When a seven-month-old Archie and his parents were in need of a home for a Christmas holiday, the film composer told the outlet at the time: “I felt honoured that I was able to help Meghan there because I’m a Canadian and we’re a commonwealth country. It’s important to us, so I grew up with that kind of sentiment”.
Actress Katharine McPhee has previously said that she knows the Duchess of Sussex. She said: “‘She went to a school called Immaculate Heart, as did I. She went there for middle school and high school, and I went there just for middle school.”
In June 2022, Harry was joined by David and Katharine while playing polo in California – following a flying visit to the UK for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.
When Meghan relaunched her Instagram account in January 2025, Daniel said “My sis is back,” and urged his followers to “watch this space”.
Archie and Lilibet’s famous “aunties” now include hairdresser Kadi Lee, founder of Highbrow Hippie, who recently appeared on Meghan’s podcast, and tennis legend Serena Williams.
Harry and Meghan have surrounded their young children, Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three, with their own Californian family and friends.