Meghan Markle to join Prince Harry in first joint royal visit to Scotland
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will visit Edinburgh next week on their first official joint visit to Scotland.
The prince and his fiancée will visit social enterprise café Social Bite and help celebrate the Scottish Year of Young People 2018 during a day of engagements.
Kensington Palace said the couple would have the oppor- tunity to meet members of the public and learn more about organisations that work in the local community during the visit on Tuesday.
Their first stop will be at the Esplanade in front of Edinburghcastle where they will be officially welcomed to the city by the Royal Marines Scotland Band. They will then watch the One O’clock Gun being fired. Prince Harry became Colonelin-chief of the Royal Marines in December.
The couple will then move on to the New Town to visit Social Bite, co-created by Josh Littlejohn, a social enterprise café that distributes 100,000 items of food and hot drinks to homeless people across Scotland each year. Social Bite also employs staff who have experienced homelessness themselves.
Prince Harry and Ms Markle will learn more about the social enterprise, meet staff and tour the kitchen.
They will be the latest in a string of high-profile visitors to Social Bite premises.
Hollywood star Leonardo Dicaprio stopped for lunch at associated venture Home in Edinburgh’s West End in November 2016. The Duchess of Cornwall and George Clooney have also been to Social Bite’s Rose Street branch.
Prince Harry and Ms Markle will round off their visit by attending a reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse to celebrate youth achievements marking Scotland’s Year of Young People 2018, an initiative that aims to inspire Scotland through its young people.
Youth representatives from various charities who work with young people will attend.
The visit to Scotland is their first since the announcement of their engagement in December. The couple’s wedding is due to take place on 19 May at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.