Harry and Meghan meet Bondi shooting survivors and lifeguards in Sydney

Meghan and Prince Harry pose for a selfie with first responders from Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club. Photo / Getty Images

Harry and Meghan have met with survivors and emergency responders from the Bondi Beach shooting on the fourth day of their Australian visit.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited the Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club to meet with survivors and lifeguards who were present from the December 14 attack, according to the BBC.

Two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah festival in the Sydney suburb of Bondi last year, where 15 people were killed and 40 others injured. One of the gunmen also died.

The Sussexes spoke to Jessica Chapnik Khan and Elon Zizer, who both survived the attack while shielding their children.

Khan said it was an “honour” to have the couple there, the Independent reported.

“The greater problem in the world right now is hate,” Khan said.

“Hate is a human problem that we’re facing, a very big problem. So to highlight that, to be able to connect with them on this heart level, I think is very special.”

“When the gunshots started, we started running towards the beach,” Khan told the Press Association. “It became very clear we weren’t going to make it to the beach and stay alive. So we hid in a picnic area.

“I didn’t want my daughter to die with gunshots and sirens and wailing mothers – I just couldn’t reconcile that those would be her last moments.

“So I spoke really clearly into her ear, and I said: ‘My darling, go inside yourself where all the love is, and stay there. Stay in your heart, my baby’.

“And she heard me, and we laid there together in this heart space in the middle of horror for who knows how long, and we survived.”

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the attack as an act of “evil anti-Semitism”.

More than 1000 people were believed to be at the event, which marked the first night of Hanukkah, when the attack happened.

The Sussexes have been touring eastern Australian cities, including Canberra and Melbourne, before arriving at Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club this morning.

Harry and Meghan were then shown some of the items that will make up a new exhibition on the attack at the Sydney Jewish Museum.

The couple then visited the Sydney Opera House, where crowds had gathered to catch a glimpse of them.

They greeted members of the public, before taking a boat around Sydney Harbour with representatives from Invictus Australia, an organisation that connects veterans through sport and is modelled on the Invictus Games, founded by Harry.