Prince Harry and Meghan Markle invited Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz for a specific reason.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who welcomed the pair at their Montecito house this week, asked more guests to join them.
A Sussex insider tells PEOPLE: "While it was an intimate gathering, there were several additional guests, including VIPs and film executives." Brooklyn and Nicola had a great experience and thought Harry and Meghan to be very nice, compassionate, and kind."
According to a source, "Harry and Meghan were very empathetic and very kind to them both." Harry was well aware of the circumstances and offered Brooklyn his unshakable support as someone who had gone through something similar.
Celebrity Big Brother star Liz Jones has linked Brooklyn's position to Harry's.
She had written to DailyMail: "Harry and Brooklyn's trajectories are eerily similar and proof that privilege is a double-edged sword."
"Both have been renowned from birth. Both have endured scorn online and in print. Neither will exceed their fathers' exploits, one as King of England and the other as English footballers. Harry, at the age of 40, appears to be lost. Brooklyn, 14 years his junior, has also struggled to find his footing, dabbling in modeling, photography, and now cooking," she continued.