Harry and Meghan to head down under later this year

PRINCE Harry and his new wife Meghan will visit Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand later this year for their first overseas tour as a married couple, Kensington Palace announced yesterday.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who were married at Windsor Castle last month, have timed their trip to coincide with the Invictus Games in Sydney in October.

Harry, the second son of heir to the throne Prince Charles, set up the global sports championship for wounded personnel after a decade in the army.

Harry is following in his parents’ footsteps, after Charles and his then wife Diana visited Australia and New Zealand in their first tour as a married couple.

Charles was in Australia earlier this year to open the Commonwealth Games.

Harry’s elder brother Prince William and his wife Kate also drew huge crowds during a 2014 visit to Australia and New Zealand.