In mid-April, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will visit Australia for the first time in seven years.
“Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will visit Australia in mid-April to take part in a number of private, business, and philanthropic engagements,” a spokesperson for the couple confirmed in early March.
“Further details will be shared in due course.”
Scroll on to find out everything we know about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s upcoming Australian trip.
When are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle coming to Australia?
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expected to touch down in Australia in mid-April.
News of the couple’s visit comes fresh off the back of their recent trip to Jordan, where the couple visited for a two-day humanitarian visit to support the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) work in the area.
Their trip to Jordan was announced just hours before they arrived in Amman, where they visited a hospital and a refugee centre.
What are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle doing while they’re in Australia?
The couple will spend time in Sydney and Melbourne when they visit Australia in April.
On the weekend of April 17-19, Meghan will be in Sydney to attend a “girls weekend like no other” with Jackie O Henderson and Gemma O’Neill’s Her Best Life podcast.
“I am beside myself about this,” Gemma announced on the podcast this week.
“I have admired this woman and what she has endured, how she’s risen above it, and how she has demonstrated how a woman can be pushed down, and she can still rise.”
“That person is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. I can’t believe I am saying those words,” she continued.
“There is no one more shocked than me.”
Meghan will speak at an in-conversation event before attending a gala dinner at the InterContinental Hotel at Coogee Beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Tickets to attend the event with the 44-year-old cost $2699. While the VIP experience, which includes a seat at the front two tables at the gala dinner and a group table photo with Meghan, costs $3199 per person.
Meanwhile, on April 15-16, Prince Harry will be attending the InterEdge Psychosocial Safety Summit in Melbourne as a keynote speaker.
“We have reached a national inflection point. Burnout, distress, and psychological injury are rising, and the cost — to individuals, families, and communities — is profound,” Chief Executive Officer Carrie Leeson said in a statement.
“We’re honoured to welcome Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, to the InterEdge Summit, joining an exceptional line-up of leaders whose collective expertise reflects both the scale of the challenge and the urgency for action. This Summit is about moving beyond awareness and driving the meaningful change Australian workplaces desperately need.”
Other speakers at the event include Hugh van Cuylenburg and Jelena Dokic, and all proceeds go to Lifeline Naarm.
The 41-year-old is also expected to find time to catch up with old army mates and show his support for Australian veterans.
The Duke has plenty of familiar faces to look up to, thanks to a month-long stint at a Darwin army barracks with the Australian Defence Force in 2015 and a string of visits since.
On their last visit to Australia in 2018, they were newlyweds and working royals, whereas they are now travelling as private citizens.
It remains to be seen whether their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will also be making the trip Down Under.
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