Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will visit Australia next month, following their trip to Jordan in late February.
A spokesman for the Sussexes said: “Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will visit Australia in mid-April to take part in a number of private, business, and philanthropic engagements. Further details will be shared in due course.”
The couple’s children will not travel with them as they have school.
Meghan and Harry last travelled to Australia in 2018 as working members of the British royal family.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle | Source: PA
The duchess had just announced she was pregnant with the couple’s first child, Prince Archie.
Eighteen months after the tour, the Sussexes had stepped back from their royal roles and moved to California.
Royal historian Tim Ewart told Sky News: “Australia broke Harry and Meghan and was one of the catalysts for them leaving the Royal Family.
“She and Harry had expected they would get much more praise and recognition from that royal tour.”
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle | Source: GETTY
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In the couple’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, Harry said: “It really changed after the Australia tour, after our South Pacific tour.
“It was the first time that the family got to see how incredible she is at the job. And that brought back memories.
“To see how effortless it was for Meghan to come into the family so quickly in Australia and across New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga, and just be able to connect with people.”
The couple have only recently concluded a trip to Jordan after not journeying abroad for over a year.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle | Source: PA
The Sussexes collaborated with Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, on a two-day initiative centred on humanitarian health efforts, mental health, and support for vulnerable people impacted by conflict and displacement.
Harry and Dr Tedros joined together in September last year, as the pair highlighted research at Imperial College London’s Centre for Blast Injury Studies.
During the trip, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex supported the WHO’s efforts to focus on Jordan’s leadership in regional humanitarian health response.
The couple visited initiatives they have supported financially to help facilitate medical evacuation for children impacted by the conflict in Gaza.
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