Prince Harry and Meghan Markle formally verify Australia go to

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have confirmed they will be visiting Australia in the coming weeks, marking more than seven years since their royal tour. 

A spokesman for the couple said they ‘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.’

It comes just hours after reports suggested the Duke and Duchess of Sussex could visit Sydney and Melbourne next month.

It has not been confirmed yet whether the Sussexes’ children, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4, will join them on the trip or remain in Montecito, California. 

While their plans have yet to be announced, it’s likely the couple will meet with Australia’s armed forces or veterans’ community, given Harry’s connections to both. 

However it’s understood Meghan could also venture into Australia’s podcasting scene, with reports she is due to appear as a guest on the ‘Her Best Life’ podcast, launched and co-hosted by Jackie O Henderson through her ‘Besties’ company.

The embattled radio star, who is currently in the news following the shock collapse of the Kyle and Jackie O Show last week, ‘stepped away’ from the podcast in February.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have confirmed they will visit Australia in April (pictured on Fraser Island during their 2018 royal tour)

The couple are expected to tour Sydney and Melbourne as part of their trip

Meghan could appear on Jackie O’s podcast, which she launched with friend Gemma O’Neill

Meghan is also rumoured to appear as a special guest at an upcoming Besties event, similar to actress Gwyneth Paltrow who took part in a Q&A with Henderson at Sydney’s Darling Harbour in 2023.

No events are currently advertised on the Besties website however followers are encouraged to ‘sign up to be the first to know’.

The Sussexes last travelled to Australia in 2018 as working members of the British royal family.

Meghan had just announced she was pregnant with her and Harry’s first child, with the trip widely considered a huge success for the-then newlyweds.

Within 18 months of the tour, the couple had had stepped back from their royal roles and moved to California with their son Archie.

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.’

In their 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview, 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.’