Dig out your hiking boots Meghan...
...because Harry’s set to join an epic 1,200 mile US trek for wounded troops
JUST how far will Meghan Markle go in the name of love? Prince Harry could be about to get a very literal answer to that question.
The Royal is set to take part in a 1,200-mile fundraising trek across America next year, and hopes are high that his girlfriend will strap on her sturdiest walking boots to join him.
The adventure is being planned by one of Harry’s favourite charities, Walking With The Wounded, which helps injured troops.
Some of the affected servicemen and women will take part in the Walk Of America, expected to go from California to the White House and taking in such landmarks as Mount Rushmore, the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Park.
While Harry, has not yet officially confirmed his involvement, sources close to Walking With The Wounded say he is expected to join the troops for a least some of the walk – and hope that fitness-conscious Meghan, 35, could accompany him.
The Mail on Sunday understands talks have taken place between the Prince and the charity, but he is yet to sign up. Harry, has been patron of previous Walking With The Wounded adventures, joining expeditions to the North and South Pole, and the Walk Of Britain in 2015. The timing of next year’s US trek would fit that pattern of involvement.
One source said: ‘It would be a great coup if Meghan joined in, too. Walking With the Wounded will be keeping their fingers crossed. As she is American, everyone is hoping she will get involved.’ A jour- ney from California to Washington, taking in the landmarks, would be several thousand miles long, so the fundraisers would walk some of the route and fly or drive the rest.
However a spokesperson for Walking With the Wounded, which is part of the Veterans Transatlan- tic Partnership, said: ‘We have not announced anything on a trek across America’.
Harry, 32, showed his support for the charity at an event at Gateshead Civic Centre last week, when he told them: ‘What you guys are doing here is truly fantastic. There are guys and girls who, because of you, have been taken out of an incredibly dark place. They have turned their lives around.’ Kensington Palace declined to comment last night.