Ellen DeGeneres is back from her summer hiatus with a royal tale.

The talk show host revealed in clip from her show on Monday that she and wife Portia de Rossi spent a summer afternoon during their vacation in the U.K. with none other than Meghan Markle and Prince Harry .

Heres a sentence I thought I would never say, but I spent the afternoon with Prince Harry and Meghan, DeGeneres said to thunderous applause, before quipping, I just want to say it was an honor for them to meet me.

Seriously, they are so amazing. Theyre the cutest couple and so down-to-earth, she told the audience. And I hate it I see them get attacked, and its not fair. Theyre just two of the most down-to-earth, compassionate people. Theyre doing so much good for the world.

DeGeneres spoke about the Duke and Duchess of Sussexs work with elephants in Botswana, and her and de Rossis work with gorillas in Rwanda, adding that the famous couples all want to do something together.

I mean I cant tell you how sweet they are, DeGeneres added, but the most important thing is I got to hold little Archie the baby. I fed Archie, I held Archie.

She joked that the little one weighs 15 pounds, which is, the exchange rate, is 17 dollars here! and said that he looks like Harry and he had more hair than I did at the time.

Though she didnt provide a photo of the group hanging out together, she did show the audience a picture she drew of Archie to lots of laughs.