Meghan Markle declared today she and Prince Harry can't wait to be parents and said: 'We're ready! We're excited to join the club'.

The royal couple have already taken Australia by storm as they started their historic first international tour together also taking in New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga over the next 16 days.

Today culminated in a Sydney reception at the grand Admiralty House overlooking the city's opera house where the giddy Duchess of Sussex said she and her husband are 'excited' about becoming parents.

Meghan spoke to mathematician and Australian TV personality Eddie Woo, 33, at a reception at and conversation turned towards parenthood.