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Britain’s Prince Harry (C), Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, meet people at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne on April 14, 2026. – Copyright AFP William WEST<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n Prince Harry and wife Meghan arrived in Australia on Tuesday for their first visit down under since their headline-dominating rift with Britain\u2019s royal family.<\/p>\n The couple touched down in the southern city of Melbourne, kicking off four days of business and charity events with a visit to a children\u2019s hospital.<\/p>\n The son of King Charles III \u2014 Australia\u2019s head of state \u2014 is due to speak at a summit focusing on mental health, with tickets for in-person attendance on sale at an eye-watering Aus$997 ($706).<\/p>\n Meghan, meanwhile, will take part in a \u201cgirls\u2019 weekend like no other\u201d at Sydney\u2019s InterContinental Coogee Beach hotel, according to organisers.<\/p>\n The event features yoga, sound healing and dinners as well as disco dancing at a ticket price of Aus$2,699 per person.<\/p>\n Those willing to pay even more get access to the \u201cVIP experience\u201d \u2014 which includes a group table photo with Meghan and a goodie bag.<\/p>\n The pair will also visit the capital Canberra, national broadcaster ABC said.<\/p>\n Their visit has already drawn criticism, with Victoria state opposition leader Jess Wilson condemning the use of taxpayers\u2019 money to provide protection for the pair.<\/p>\n It is their first trip to Australia since 2018, when they spent two weeks touring the country as well as New Zealand and Pacific islands in a visit that drew adoring throngs of crowds.<\/p>\n Harry stepped back from royal duties in 2020 and later relocated to California with Meghan amid a bitter royal family rift.<\/p>\n The couple, who have two children, have long complained about media intrusion and Meghan\u2019s treatment by Britain\u2019s newspapers after years of negative stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/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.digitaljournal.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Britain’s Prince Harry (C), Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, meet people at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne on April 14, 2026. – Copyright AFP William WEST Prince Harry and wife Meghan arrived in Australia on Tuesday for their first visit down under since their headline-dominating rift with Britain\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2372383,"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":[21823,27155],"class_list":["post-2372382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-australia","tag-royals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Prince-Harry-and-Meghan-visit-Australia-in-first-trip-since.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372382","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=2372382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372384,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372382\/revisions\/2372384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2372383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}