Meghan and Harry arrive in Australia for first overseas tour

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Meghan and Harry arrive in Australia for first overseas tour

 

 

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive for a visit to the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, Britain October 3, 2018. Tim Ireland/pool via Reuters/Files

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle landed in Australia on Monday a day before the official start of their first overseas tour as a married couple.

 

It is the second tour of Australia by the younger generation of royals, after Prince William, Kate and their eldest son, George, visited in 2014.

 

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to ride a ferry across Sydney Harbour past the Opera House on Tuesday, as well as watch an indigenous contemporary dance troupe and see koalas at the Taronga Zoo. The couple will meet farmers affected by a severe drought on Wednesday.

 

Their trip coincides with the Invictus Games to be held in Sydney from October 20-27. The games founded by Harry are an international paralympic-style event for military personnel wounded in action.

 

Harry and Meghan will also visit New Zealand and the South Pacific islands of Tonga and Fiji during their tour.

 

Australia, a constitutional monarchy whose head of state is the British monarch, voted in 1999 against becoming a republic.

 

Support for a republic hovered around 50 percent in a January poll, a level largely unchanged in recent years, and there is little appetite to put the issue back on the agenda.

 

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who took the top job in August after a backbench revolt ousted predecessor Malcolm Turnbull, is a constitutional monarchist.

 

(Reporting by Melanie Burton; editing by Darren Schuettler)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-10-15

[HAKAPALITA]

Looks like he wishes he was off for a Beer with his old Chums.

[DoctorG]

Apart from the TV shows and newspapers, it is difficult to tell if there is any real enthusiasm for the visit.

[dunroaming]

Wonder how many cuddly toy koalas she will be given down under now they have announced she is pregnant!

[Phuket Man]

There is nothing like a free holiday.

[pegman]

This young man is a credit to the Royals. War zone military duty and creating the Invectus Games. Well done young Harry. 

[Basil B]

15 hours ago, HAKAPALITA said:

Looks like he wishes he was off for a Beer with his old Chums.

Well he has something to calibrate...

 

 

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The Duchess of Sussex is pregnant and is due to give birth next spring, Kensington Palace has revealed.

The announcement came as Meghan, 37, and Prince Harry, 34, arrived in Sydney on Monday ahead of a 16-day tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Kensington Palace said the couple, who got married in Windsor five months ago, were "delighted to be able to share this happy news with the public".

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