{"id":2367544,"date":"2026-04-10T18:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2367544"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:26:31","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-to-break-royal-tradition-in-australia-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-to-break-royal-tradition-in-australia-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to break \u2018royal tradition\u2019 in Australia | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New leaked details about the couple\u2019s itinerary while in Australia were published by the Daily Mail<\/a>, including the places they\u2019ll visit and the type of engagements they\u2019ll undertake. One of those details was that the Montecito couple will not be making any traditional \u201cwalkabouts\u201d during their visit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A walkabout is when royals meet and greet members of the public during their appearances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It has been reported that Queen Elizabeth II first introduced it in 1970 during a royal tour of Australia and New Zealand, when she left her car and went on to greet the public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to the Daily Mail\u2019s report, there won\u2019t be any such walkabouts for Harry and Meghan in Australia \u201cdue to the security costs of keeping public order.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2018, Harry and Meghan went on what was their first joint tour as a married couple and they spent 16 days visiting Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But according to the book Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown, while Meghan \u201cenjoyed the attention\u201d she received, she did not fully comprehend the point of royal walkabouts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Author Valentine Low wrote: \u201cOn the South Pacific tour, Harry and Meghan were going down a storm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cMassive crowds were turning out to see them, and Meghan\u2019s refreshingly informal approach to royal visits was proving a hit with the Australian public.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He added: \u201cBehind the scenes, however, it was a different story. Although she enjoyed the attention, Meghan failed to understand the point of all those walkabouts, shaking hands with countless strangers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAccording to several members of staff, she was heard to say on at least one occasion: ‘I can’t believe I\u2019m not getting paid for this’.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New leaked details about the couple\u2019s itinerary while in Australia were published by the Daily Mail, including the places they\u2019ll visit and the type of engagements they\u2019ll undertake. One of those details was that the Montecito couple will not be making any traditional \u201cwalkabouts\u201d during their visit. A walkabout is when royals meet and greet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2367545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[34927,347532,34928,23067,450340,34911,22730,451408,194353,34906,34904,407336],"class_list":["post-2367544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-harry-and-meghan","tag-harry-and-meghan-latest","tag-harry-and-meghan-news","tag-meghan-markle","tag-meghan-markle-australia","tag-meghan-markle-news","tag-prince-harry","tag-prince-harry-australia","tag-prince-harry-latest","tag-prince-harry-latest-news","tag-prince-harry-news","tag-prince-harry-trip"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prince-Harry-and-Meghan-Markle-to-break-\u2018royal-tradition-in.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367546,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367544\/revisions\/2367546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2367545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}