Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are now considering returning to Africa for more tours, following the success of the visit to promote the Invictus Games and celebrate its tenth anniversary
Prince Harry and Meghan are already drawing up plans for more Royal-style tours – after the success of their Nigeria jaunt.
The Duke and Duchess were left thrilled by the reception and coverage of the three-day visit, and he couple are eyeing a possible return to Africa among their next trips around the globe. The moves come after the pair spent the past few years concentrating on life in Meghan’s native US, where they are raising their two children.
A source close to the couple told the Mirror: “The Duke and Duchess have other trips planned for the remainder of the year. They are hoping to be able to share more details in the coming weeks. It is definitely possible they could return to Africa for more tours after that.”
Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, travelled to Nigeria to champion their Archewell Foundation’s mental health initiatives and promote the Invictus Games, which Nigeria competed in for the first time last year.
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Harry and Meghan are already drawing up plans for more Royal-style tours, it is said (
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The couple, pictured at Lagos Airport, were delighted with their reception in Africa (
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They also met with military leaders, injured soldiers and school kids, who all gave the pair a rapturous welcome. Meghan, who discovered she is 43% Nigerian following a genealogy test in 2022, was particularly thrilled by the reception she received in Nigeria, which she described as “my country”.
Africa had already become a special place for the royal couple. They enjoyed a trip to Botswana for their third date in 2016 – a year before Harry proposed with a diamond sourced from the country.
They also returned there for a longer trip to celebrate Meghan’s 36th birthday. And they carried out their first ever royal tour together by going on a ten-day tour across South Africa, Botswana, Angola and Malawi in 2019.
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Harry began a life-long love affair with the continent in March 2004 when he visited Lesotho for an eight-week stay as part of his gap year and formed a lasting bond with Lesotho’s Prince Seeiso, whose mother died shortly before Harry’s arrival.
Harry, whose mum Diana died in a Paris car crash in August 1997, later founded his own charity Sentebale, alongside Prince Seeiso. Speaking at the end of the Nigeria tour, Harry said: “We look forward to travelling more because the work matters.
Prince Harry and Meghan’s trip to Nigeria was well received internationally (
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“Whether it’s the Archewell Foundation, Invictus or any of our other causes, there will always be reasons to meet the people at the heart of our work.”
Harry also described Africa as a “very, very special place” and added: “You know what Africa means to me over the years. To be able to include Nigeria now [in Invictus], I’m very happy.”
