Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have friends rallying around them amid their exit from their royal duties and subsequent move to Canada.

Nacho Figueras, an Argentinian model, professional polo player and longtime friend of the royal, said in an ABC news special on Wednesday that he touched base with Harry a few days ago.

He has suffered a lot from all of the things that have happened to him. He suffers a lot from people judging him, Figueras said on the program, called Royal Divide: Harry, Meghan, and the Crown .

Hes being a father, Figueras said. A guy who is trying to protect his cub and his lioness from whatever it takes. He has become an incredible man, a man that his mother would be proud of.

He wants to live a normal life, as normal as his life is going to be, the polo player added. Because when you have 1,000 paparazzis outside your house in Canada waiting to get one picture of your son, thats not very, very normal.