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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Africa tour: Following Princess Diana’s footsteps

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are about to undertake their first royal tour since the birth of their son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, and Royal fans can’t wait to see the young family on their first adventure.

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The trip will be a special one for the Duke of Sussex, as South Africa was a place his late mother Princess Diana visited many times, with rumours suggesting that much of the trip will be following in the Princess of Wales footsteps.

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We know that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will begin their royal tour in South Africa, and Prince Harry will finish solo in Malawi and Angola, retracing his mother’s footsteps.

The Royal will also briefly attend Botswana on a “short working visit”.

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How Meghan and Harry’s Royal tour of Africa will pay tribute to Princess Diana

Prince Harry’s visit to Angola will be a special tribute to Princess Diana. 

The Duke of Sussex is set to visit Huambo, the same place his mother was famously captured in the de-mining zone. 

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Princess of Wales wearing protective body armour and a visor visits a landmine minefield being cleared by the charity Halo in Huambo. (Credit: Getty)
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Prince Harry has worked with the organisation that aims to de-mine the active zones in Africa before – The Halo Trust – visiting Mozambique in 2010. 

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Prince Harry is seen with a deminer from The HALO Trust, 2010. (Credit: Getty)

Meghan will also pay tribute to her husband’s late mother by wearing a special piece of jewellery from Diana’s collection. 

Megan Markle is known for memorialising the Princess of Wales in such a way, being spotted wearing a beautiful pair of Diana’s butterfly earrings while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were on their Royal tour of Australia. 

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Duchess of Sussex greets members of the crowd at the Sydney Opera House on October 16, 2018. (Credit: Getty)

An official statement by Buckingham Palace already stated that the Sussex’s will commence their tour of South Africa, Botswana, Malawi and Angola on September 23, and will finish October 2.

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