New Delhi, July 28 -- MELBOURNE - The moment came about halfway through the episode. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was midway through a tasting round on the MasterChef Australia set when a screen flickered to life with Prince Harry's face. "What's going on?" Harry said. "Have I interrupted something?" The studio - and, as ratings confirmed Monday, 1.2 million Australians watching at home - had its answer the moment Meghan smiled and called him "my love."

an unscripted moment belonging exclusively to live television.

Meghan joined three of the show's permanent judges - Poh Ling Yeow, Sofia Levin, and Jean-Christophe Novelli - for an episode filmed at MasterChef's Melbourne studios in April, held back as the network's midseason centerpiece. ...