{"id":2318216,"date":"2026-03-08T11:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2318216"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:54:12","slug":"harry-and-meghan-to-visit-australia-nearly-eight-years-after-last-royal-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/harry-and-meghan-to-visit-australia-nearly-eight-years-after-last-royal-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry and Meghan to visit Australia nearly eight years after last royal tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Duke and Duchess of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/sussex\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sussex;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sussex<\/a> will visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/australia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Australia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Australia<\/a> next month for a number of engagements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Their children, Prince <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/archie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Archie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Archie<\/a> and Princess Lilibet, will not be going with them, it is understood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A spokesman for the couple said: \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/harry-fell-love-botswana-campfire-124310926.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Harry;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Prince Harry <\/a>and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/meghan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Meghan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Meghan<\/a>, Duke and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/netflix-cuts-ties-meghan-markle-183917811.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Duchess of Sussex;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Duchess of Sussex<\/a>, will visit Australia in mid-April to take part in a number of private, business and philanthropic engagements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFurther details will be shared in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Sussexes carried out an official royal tour to Australia in 2018, five months after their royal wedding, and Meghan\u2019s pregnancy with Prince Archie was announced shortly after their arrival.<\/p>\n<figure 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max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Harry and Meghan at the Invictus Games 2018 opening ceremony in Sydney (Dominic Lipinski\/PA)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The couple had a busy two-day trip to Jordan last month, to learn more about the humanitarian effort to support the health and wellbeing of Syrians and Palestinians who have sought sanctuary in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The couple hugged and comforted young cancer patients and their families when they heard the stories of their experiences at the King Hussein Cancer Centre, and the duke urged a group at the National Centre for Rehabilitation of Addicts to go back to their communities and help others, telling them: \u201cThere\u2019s no shame in having an addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meghan and Harry also joined a discussion hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) with individuals from leading bodies like the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/united-nations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:United Nations;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">United Nations<\/a> and many of its agencies, diplomatic representatives and donors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The couple, who stepped down as working royals in 2020 for personal and financial freedom, travelled to Jordan at the invitation of the WHO\u2019s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They also met World Central Kitchen staff co-ordinating food relief for Gaza from the Jordanian capital, Amman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit Australia next month for a number of engagements. Their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will not be going with them, it is understood. 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