What we know about Prince Harry's Australian tour and Meghan Markle

The Australian tour of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle – their first official overseas trip as husband and wife – is fast approaching.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga in October this year as part of their royal duties as a married couple.

Harry and Meghan were invited to visit Australia and New Zealand by the respective local governments, the Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs asking them to also visit Fiji and Tonga.

Until now, we had not been told the exact dates or duration of the tour in the four Commonwealth countries.

But this week, Kensington Palace has revealed new information on their Fall Down tour.

The tour will focus on environmental and conservation efforts, youth leadership, and the recovery and rehabilitation of Invictus Games soldiers and women.

This is what we know about the Sussex Tour

When is their Australian tour?

The first day of the Harry and Meghan tour will begin in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, October 16th. It will end in Rotorua, New Zealand, on Wednesday, October 31st.

How long will they have left?

The Sussex will be away for a little over two weeks and the flight to Australia from London will be around 24 hours.

Given the distance they will travel, it is likely that Meghan and Harry will be on tour for at least a fortnight.

When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge traveled to Australia and New Zealand in April 2014, their first couple visit, they spent 18 days.

However, when Harry's parents, Prince Charles and Diana, the Princess of Wales, made the same trip in 1983, they left more than double that time, spending 41 days abroad.

What will Harry and Meghan do on their tour?

The Invictus Games, which will take place in Sydney from October 20th to 27th, will be one of the events that Harry and Meghan will participate in.

Kensington Palace has now published a full schedule indicating that they would travel to Sydney three times and travel to Dubbo, Australia; Melbourne, Australia; Fraser Island, Australia; Suva, Fiji; Nadi, Fiji; Nuku'alofa, Tonga; Wellington, New Zealand; Abel Tasman, New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand and Rotorua, New Zealand.

Although we now know where the royal couple will be and when they visit Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga, more details on their specific daily itinerary will follow.

The Invictus Games will be a poignant event for the couple to visit, as the Invictus Games in Toronto, Canada, in 2017, were their first public appearance together.

Prince Harry founded games for ill and injured soldiers in 2014.

Located in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, the waterfront property will provide an idyllic retreat for the couple as they perform their royal duties in Australia.

What makes Meghan have a smoking ban?

Meanwhile, it was reported that Harry had forbidden Meghan to wear a tuxedo during their tour in Australia.

For many, a tuxedo on a woman may be an unconventional choice anyway, but given Meghan's love for the costumes and the fact that she wore a tuxedo before, it was likely that she chose one. in Oz.

According to the Daily Mail, a source for a fashion meeting at Kensington Palace said, "Meghan is told that she must stop dressing like a Hollywood star and start dressing like a royal. Meghan wanted to wear a tuxedo style suit but Harry said it was not traditional enough.

In February, Meghan wore a black and white tuxedo – wearing a white bow tie – for the Endeavor Fund Awards at Goldsmiths Hall in London.

The Alexander McQueen Women's £ 1,245 t-shirt was paired with a Tux £ 285 white shirt that featured the great bow detail around the neckline.

And during the recent Sussex trip to Ireland, she was seen in Givenchy's chic costume.

Diana was also a fan of a women's tuxedo, having worn a T-shirt at Wembley Stadium in 1988, which featured a bright green vest and a XX bow tie.

She also wore a white tuxedo with a classic black bow tie when she visited Florence during a British Royal Tour in Italy in 1985.

Former Buckingham Palace spokesman Dickie Arbiter, who worked for the Queen until 2000, warned that Meghan would face her biggest challenge, with the eyes of the world on her and fewer allowances.

"She had a taste of the Invictus Games in Toronto last year, but it was Harry's girlfriend. Now she is his wife, there will be many more expectations, "he told The Mirror.

"She communicates well, she speaks well to people, but it will be a real baptism of fire.

"They will have a very demanding schedule and the duchess will have to get used to the local customs with the eyes of the world on her."

Harry and Meghan have already stated that working in the Commonwealth would be a priority for both of them.

As a pre-wedding gift to the Prince, the Queen appointed her grandson as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador, her most eminent role as Royal to date.

A spokesman for the couple said: "They are already preparing all the work that takes place in the second semester, which will be incredibly busy."

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