The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are heading to South Africa, Malawi, Angola and Botswana. The tour will last 10 days and include 35 engagements.

TRH The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are excited to announce that they have been asked to carry out a tour to Southern Africa this autumn.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have requested a visit to South Africa 🇿🇦 as well as The Duke carrying out visits to Malawi 🇲🇼 and Angola 🇦🇴. His Royal Highness will also do a short working visit to Botswana 🇧🇼 en route to the other countries.

The Duke and Duchess are really looking forward to meeting so many of you on the ground and continuing to raise awareness of the high impact work local communities are doing across the Commonwealth and beyond.

This will be their first official tour as a family!SussexRoyal IG

In just a few weeks our family will be taking its first official tour to Africa, a region of the world that over the past two decades has been a second home to me. Our team has helped create a meaningful programme that we’re so excited to share with you. On a personal note, I can’t wait to introduce my wife and son to South Africa! We’ll see all of you very soon. The Duke

For the official tour, the family will be visiting South Africa together 🇿🇦 and The Duke will be carrying out visits to Malawi 🇲🇼, Angola 🇦🇴 and Botswana 🇧🇼
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Here’s the full itinerary of #SussexRoyalTour

September 23: Cape Town, South Africa

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit:

1. a workshop for children that empowers and educates them about “rights, self-awareness, and safety,” and teaches young girls self-defense skills.
2. the District Six Museum, which honors a community that was forcibly removed and relocated during the apartheid era.
3. the Homecoming Centre, where they’ll take part in a community cooking activity alongside former District Six residents.

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September 24: Cape Town, South Africa

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit:

4. Monwabisi Beach, meeting with Waves for Change, a charity that works with local surfers to provide mental health support for youth.
5. the Lunchbox Fund, which provides daily meals for South African schoolchildren
6. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will meet with Dr. Thomas Maes, the responsible person heading the Commonwealth Litter Program
7. The Duke in his role as Captain General of the Royal Marines will travel with the City of Cape Town Marine Unit by boat, to learn about how the organization combats abalone poaching.
8. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit Bo Kaap in celebration of Heritage Day and see the oldest mosque in the country, Auwal mosque, join local residents and have tea with them.
9. The royal couple will attend a reception at the British High Commissioner’s residence.

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September 25: Cape Town, South Africa

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit:

10. Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife at their legacy foundation

Afterwards, The Duke of Sussex will travel to Botswana, Angola, and Malawi; The Duchess and Master Archie will remain in South Africa.

11. The Duchess of Sussex Meghan attend an event at the Woodstock Exchange to meet women entrepreneurs and technology investors.

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September 26: Botswana, Angola, and South Africa

The Duke will be in Botswana and visit:

12. the Chobe Forest Tree Reserve and plant trees alongside local schoolchildren.
13. Afterwards, he will visit Sentebale, a charity he co-founded with Lesotho’s Prince Seesio.
14. Chobe National Park, where he will dedicate a part of the forest to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy.

The Duke will be in Angola and visit:

15. a new HALO Trust de-mining camp to continue his mother’s legacy. The late Princess Diana visited Huambo/Angola in 1997 to support the organization’s work.

The Duchess will be in Cape Town and attend:

16. a “Women in Public Service” breakfast at the High Commission.

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September 27: Angola

The Duke will be in Angola and visit:

17. a working de-mining field and remotely detonate a mine, speak with members of the local community, and deliver a speech about the importance of de-mining efforts.
18. The Duke of Sussex will announce a new project, a three-country Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy initiative, which includes Angola’s Luengue-Luiana National Park, the area where current de-mining work is taking place.
19. The Duke will then travel to Huambo to visit the exact location where his late mother, Princess Diana, was photographed walking through a minefield in 1997. Huambo’s Governor Joana Lina, first woman to govern Huambo, will join the Prince.
20. the Huambo Orthopedic Center, the same center his mother visited. There, he will unveil the center’s new name, which will honor Princess Diana.
21. The Duke is set to tour the facilities, and say a few words about his visit.
22. Prince Harry will attend a reception at the British Ambassador’s residence in Angola’s capital Luanda.

September 27: Angola

The Duke will be in Angola and visit:

23. the Presidential Palace and have an audience with President Lourenço.
24. the Maternity Hospital Lucrécia Paim and learn more about First Lady Ana Dias Lourenço’s initiative to prevent mother-to-baby HIV/AIDS transmission.

September 29: Malawi

The Duke will be in Malawi and visit:

25. the Nalikule College of Education in Lilongwe and meet young women who are helped by UKAid and the Campaign for Female Education to attend secondary school.
26. Prince Harry will have an audience with President Peter Mutharika.
27. Prince Harry will attend a reception hosted by the British High Commissioner.

September 30: Malawi

The Duke will be in Malawi and visit:

28. the Liwonde National Park and pay tribute to Guardsman Mathew Talbot of the Coldstream Guards, who lost his life on an anti-poaching patrol.
29. the park’s headquarters to learn about the organization’s operations.
30. Later, he will watch an anti-poaching demonstration.
31. during his visit, Prince Harry will dedicate Liwonde National Park and the neighboring Mangochi Forest to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy.

October 1: Malawi and South Africa

The Duke will be in Malawi and visit:
the Mauwa Health Centre, Pharmacy in a Box, and Youth Reproductive Health Outreach program, a project, supported that helps install solar-powered storage units for crucial medicines.

That day, the Duke returns to South Africa.

The Duchess will be in South Africa and visit:

32. the Association of Commonwealth Universities in Johannesburg and attend a roundtable talk
33. The Duchess will meet with students to talk about the challenges young women face when pursuing higher education.
34. visit a school to learn about a local charity that works to prevent, and raise awareness about, sexual violence in schools.

October 2: South Africa

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit/attend:

35. a township near Johannesburg and meet with local youth and entrepreneurs, as well as see efforts to combat South African youth’s rising unemployment challenge.
36. meet with Graça Machel, the window of Nelson Mandela.
37. a reception in honor of the U.K. and South Africa’s business and investment relationship
38. an audience with President Cyril Ramaphosa and his wife Dr. Tshepo Motsepe.

We will update this post during the Royal Tour.

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