On Wednesday, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle resumed their international work with a trip to Jordan. It’s been nearly two years since they last took an unofficial royal visit outside of the US, following two previous tours of Nigeria and Colombia in 2024. Now, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have landed in Amman to carry out an agenda very similar to the one they kept in their official visits abroad when they were still part of the royal family. It bears more than a passing resemblance to the trip Prince William made a few days ago in Saudi Arabia.
Meghan and Harry’s two-day visit comes in response to an invitation from Dr. Tedros Adhanom, the director general of the World Health Organization. According to the BBC, Adhanom is in charge of receiving them with a warm welcome at the headquarters of the UN-affiliated institution in Amman.
There, the couple took part in a roundtable discussion with representatives of the UN and other organizations on the humanitarian efforts made in favor of people affected by conflicts and forced displacements in the region, precisely the central theme of the program of this visit to Jordan.
Afterward, they traveled to the Za’atari refugee camp in the north of the country, where they visited the Questscope youth program center.
Harry and Meghan during a meeting with refugees at the Questscope youth center.
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While in the country, Harry and Meghan are also planning to visit several on-the-ground initiatives funded by their Archewell Foundation, including one that arranges for children injured in the Gaza war to be medically evacuated for treatment in Jordan.
Another highlight of the trip will be their visit to the regional headquarters of World Central Kitchen, the food-aid logistics charity founded by their friend, chef José Andrés. During this visit, they will discuss the charity’s work in the context of the Gaza war. The relationship between the Spanish chef and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex dates back to 2020. Soon after their decision to leave the British royal family, WCK became an early philanthropic partner of their charitable foundation. José Andrés has since been one of the couple’s staunchest supporters, and was even a guest on the second season of the duchess’s cooking show, With Love, Meghan.