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Prince Harry and Meghan’s huge Aussie plans revealed. Visit to Sydney and Melbourne in Mid-April​.

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ThatAvidViewer · 07/03/2026 18:54

Prince Harry and Meghan’s huge Aussie plans revealed. Visit to Sydney and Melbourne in Mid-April.

EXCLUSIVE

More than seven years after then-newlyweds Prince Harry and Meghan embarked on their hugely successful Aussie tour, the couple is reportedly heading back Down Under.

A source confirmed exclusively to news.com.au that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to visit Sydney and Melbourne in mid-April.

While their last trip to our shores was in an official capacity as working members of the royal family, this time around they’re travelling as private citizens – and it’s understood they’ll be focusing on activities related to their businesses and philanthropic work.

Details of their specific plans remain unclear, but it’s been rumoured that Meghan will appear as a guest on the Her Best Life podcast, which was initially launched and co-hosted by Jackie “O” Henderson and Gemma O’Neill through their “Besties” company. Earlier this year, just a couple of weeks before her high-profile and abrupt recent exit from her KIIS breakfast show, Henderson revealed that she had decided to “step away” from the venture.

It’s rumoured that Meghan will also appear as a special guest at an upcoming “Besties” event, following in the footsteps of previous VIP speaker Gwyneth Paltrow.

The actress took part in a wide-ranging Q&A with Henderson back in 2023 which attracted around 3,000 ticketholders to the ICC in Sydney’s Darling Harbour – so Meghan’s appearance could be in a similar capacity.
Despite Henderson’s recent departure from the Besties company, she hinted last month that she may return in some capacity in the future - and perhaps Meghan’s involvement could be one such occasion.

Gwyneth Paltrow was the special guest at a Besties event, run by Henderson (left) and Gemma O'Neill, back in 2023 – and Meghan is now rumoured to follow in her footsteps. Picture: Supplied
While details of the couple’s itinerary are expected to be confirmed in the coming weeks, it’s likely that Harry’s plans will involve Australia’s armed forces or veterans’ community, given his strong connections to both.

It’s understood he also has a number of friends locally, fostered across multiple previous visits, including during his month-long stay with the ADF at an army barracks in Darwin back in 2015.
And in his 2023 memoir, Harry gushed over his time living in Australia as a 19-year-old in 2003.
He wrote in Spare that working as a jackaroo on a farm in rural Queensland had helped him find inner peace during what were “some of the best” weeks of his life.

It’s not yet known whether the Sussexes’ children, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4, will join them on the trip next month or stay back at the family’s home in Montecito, California.

News.com.au understands that the royal couple’s Aussie visit has been in the works for almost a year.

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Mylovelygreendress · 13/03/2026 16:18

GoldBthehypo · 13/03/2026 15:06

Do you know everything single thing they do? They didnt announce this visit either the hospital did and it got media coverage because of that. So no they dont always announce everything they do.

Do they need to donate everytime? If you do charity work and help to raise money do you feel obligated to always donate?

I volunteer at a local foodbank and take something in each week . Often friends or neighbours will give me stuff to donate too.

Mylovelygreendress · 13/03/2026 16:19

GoldBthehypo · 13/03/2026 16:03

Thats your choice. We all have a choice. Some people donate and volunteer time too. Some just volunteer their time. There is no right or wrong way here. It should never be criticised if you do not donate money. It doesnt make you better because you did.

The difference is that I am not using my volunteering to boost my profile !

Benjithedog · 13/03/2026 16:20

GoldBthehypo · 13/03/2026 16:03

Thats your choice. We all have a choice. Some people donate and volunteer time too. Some just volunteer their time. There is no right or wrong way here. It should never be criticised if you do not donate money. It doesnt make you better because you did.

But it does matter when the two allegedly run a charity the purpose of which is to donate to charitable causes. It’s very odd to me that they would turn up at this type of thing and not donate given these facts.

jeffgoldblum · 13/03/2026 16:48

GoldBthehypo · 13/03/2026 16:02

You realise the hospital released the pictures not her the hospitals PR team did it.

You do realise that Meghan posed for these pictures because she wanted them to be seen right!

Prince Harry and Meghan’s huge Aussie plans revealed. Visit to Sydney and Melbourne in Mid-April​.
Prince Harry and Meghan’s huge Aussie plans revealed. Visit to Sydney and Melbourne in Mid-April​.
Prince Harry and Meghan’s huge Aussie plans revealed. Visit to Sydney and Melbourne in Mid-April​.
Prince Harry and Meghan’s huge Aussie plans revealed. Visit to Sydney and Melbourne in Mid-April​.
BasiliskStare · 13/03/2026 17:03

I think the problem , since Uvalde , LA fires etc inter alia , M has been happy to apparently put herself forward front and centre for what have been seen as PR purposes. So, I am not surprised her motives aren't always seen as altruistic.

GoldBthehypo · 13/03/2026 17:09

jeffgoldblum · 13/03/2026 15:25

Do you know which other non working royal liked to have her picture taken with sick children at children’s hospitals?
yes it’s Sarah Ferguson!
if Meghan is unhappy being compared with her as is reported, perhaps doing the same things really isn’t a good idea.

Well lots of celebrities have been photographed with sick children and its made it in the media whether that's magazines or newspapers.

Take a quick Google will tell you this but as you wont here...

Lady Frederick Windsor recently visited sick children and there is an article about it along with pictures

Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Jennifer Lawrence all been pictured and shared in media visiting sick children.

But I know you will come back and but they are non working royals so here tou go...

Madeleine
Princess Madeleine
, who lives in the United States and does not perform regular duties for the Swedish Crown, is highly active as the patron of Min Stora Dag (My Special Day).

Princess Märtha Louise
Princess Märtha Louise
officially stepped back from royal duties but remains involved in child-focused initiatives.

Do you also want to compare those European non working royals to being like fergie too...?

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IAmATorturedPoet · 13/03/2026 17:14

jeffgoldblum · 13/03/2026 16:48

You do realise that Meghan posed for these pictures because she wanted them to be seen right!

👍
She knew perfectly well those pictures were going to be posted to the hospital's instagram. She really is quite something else!

jeffgoldblum · 13/03/2026 17:19

GoldBthehypo · 13/03/2026 17:09

Well lots of celebrities have been photographed with sick children and its made it in the media whether that's magazines or newspapers.

Take a quick Google will tell you this but as you wont here...

Lady Frederick Windsor recently visited sick children and there is an article about it along with pictures

Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Jennifer Lawrence all been pictured and shared in media visiting sick children.

But I know you will come back and but they are non working royals so here tou go...

Madeleine
Princess Madeleine
, who lives in the United States and does not perform regular duties for the Swedish Crown, is highly active as the patron of Min Stora Dag (My Special Day).

Princess Märtha Louise
Princess Märtha Louise
officially stepped back from royal duties but remains involved in child-focused initiatives.

Do you also want to compare those European non working royals to being like fergie too...?

This thread is about h and m , this isn’t the first time, or even the tenth time she has done this ! Everytime there is something unflattering or critical about her or Harry , out come the predictable pr nonsense 🙄.
if you are naive enough to be taken in by it that is your issue, the rest of us see this for exactly what it is, please stop trying to excuse this behaviour by dragging every other celebrity and the kitchen sink in to try an excuse it , it doesn’t work and most of us couldn’t care less about these people.

binkie163 · 13/03/2026 17:40

Rhaidimiddim · 13/03/2026 14:06

That school Oprah is associated with in South Africa that keeps getting hit by sex scandals.

And, much closer to home for H, the rape allegations levelled at Africa Parks.

And how quickly it is all forgotten, swept under the carpet. I am especially guilty (sieve for a brain) reading and and thinking omg I had forgotten that and nothing has to been done about it.
Oprah has to be one of the richest women in the world but it's still not enough, her (and others) behaviour over the devastating fires in Hawaii was so distasteful I'm surprised they are welcome in polite society. So grabby and ugly.

IAmATorturedPoet · 13/03/2026 17:59

@GoldBthehypo Most of those links don't work and I have no idea what your point is tbh.
At the end of the day, like it or not, MM will be compared to SF whilst she is married to the spare, grifting off her title and firmly of the belief she is entitled to a lifestyle that she can't afford.
No amount of irrelevant links you post on here is going to change that.

She needs to stay relevant and this is just another PR opportunity.

Longshinyhair · 13/03/2026 18:09

The problem Meghan has is many people see her, myself included, as fake, self serving, unkind, a disaster tourist, a bully and a grifter. Performative publicity stunts like this go down as well as a cup of cold sick for people who can see right through her. We have all seen her pose with the person in the wheelchair without acknowledging them, the disgusting way she ignored the woman telling her about her baby loss due to HIV, we know the real Meghan because we see it with our own eyes and a kind, empathetic human being she is not, she only pretends to be when the cameras are rolling, she may fool some, but most can see right through her self serving fakery.

jeffgoldblum · 13/03/2026 18:15

IAmATorturedPoet · 13/03/2026 17:59

@GoldBthehypo Most of those links don't work and I have no idea what your point is tbh.
At the end of the day, like it or not, MM will be compared to SF whilst she is married to the spare, grifting off her title and firmly of the belief she is entitled to a lifestyle that she can't afford.
No amount of irrelevant links you post on here is going to change that.

She needs to stay relevant and this is just another PR opportunity.

Exactly! Let’s be completely honest here , Meghan markle is only able to behave the way she does because she’s married to prince Harry , without being the Duchess of Sussex, what does she actually have? Nothing, she’s invited to things as Harry’s wife the Duchess of Sussex.
just as Sarah was invited to things and was able to grift because she was the Duchess of York , without the titles neither would have been given this attention.

Longshinyhair · 13/03/2026 18:16

At the end of the day, like it or not, MM will be compared to SF whilst she is married to the spare, grifting off her title and firmly of the belief she is entitled to a lifestyle that she can't afford.

They really are two peas in a pod, this does not bode well for the future considering Meghan has only been grifting for 6 years so far and not pushing 40 like Ferguson.

Longshinyhair · 13/03/2026 18:20

I think a lot of people think this

Prince Harry and Meghan’s huge Aussie plans revealed. Visit to Sydney and Melbourne in Mid-April​.
IAmATorturedPoet · 13/03/2026 18:22

They really are two peas in a pod, this does not bode well for the future considering Meghan has only been grifting for 6 years so far and not pushing 40 like Ferguson.

She really has 'hit the ground running' on the grifting front!😁

Longshinyhair · 13/03/2026 18:24

Does Sarah sell selfies like Meghan?

jeffgoldblum · 13/03/2026 18:28

IAmATorturedPoet · 13/03/2026 18:22

They really are two peas in a pod, this does not bode well for the future considering Meghan has only been grifting for 6 years so far and not pushing 40 like Ferguson.

She really has 'hit the ground running' on the grifting front!😁

🤣

Rhaidimiddim · 13/03/2026 18:33

binkie163 · 13/03/2026 17:40

And how quickly it is all forgotten, swept under the carpet. I am especially guilty (sieve for a brain) reading and and thinking omg I had forgotten that and nothing has to been done about it.
Oprah has to be one of the richest women in the world but it's still not enough, her (and others) behaviour over the devastating fires in Hawaii was so distasteful I'm surprised they are welcome in polite society. So grabby and ugly.

And the MSM, instead of addressing these issues - i. e. whether H is fit to hold such a patronage, how the hell did his child come to have such a dodgy godfather, who is paying for all these Temu tours - they're addressing the superficials for clicks.

Rhaidimiddim · 13/03/2026 18:36

Longshinyhair · 13/03/2026 18:16

At the end of the day, like it or not, MM will be compared to SF whilst she is married to the spare, grifting off her title and firmly of the belief she is entitled to a lifestyle that she can't afford.

They really are two peas in a pod, this does not bode well for the future considering Meghan has only been grifting for 6 years so far and not pushing 40 like Ferguson.

At the point when SF starts baulking at being compared to Meghan we'll know it's game over.

Typo edits

Lunde · 13/03/2026 19:10

GoldBthehypo · 13/03/2026 17:09

Well lots of celebrities have been photographed with sick children and its made it in the media whether that's magazines or newspapers.

Take a quick Google will tell you this but as you wont here...

Lady Frederick Windsor recently visited sick children and there is an article about it along with pictures

Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Jennifer Lawrence all been pictured and shared in media visiting sick children.

But I know you will come back and but they are non working royals so here tou go...

Madeleine
Princess Madeleine
, who lives in the United States and does not perform regular duties for the Swedish Crown, is highly active as the patron of Min Stora Dag (My Special Day).

Princess Märtha Louise
Princess Märtha Louise
officially stepped back from royal duties but remains involved in child-focused initiatives.

Do you also want to compare those European non working royals to being like fergie too...?

I thought Princess Madeleine of Sweden was considered a working royal these days since she moved back to Sweden in 2024. While she lived in the US she carried out limited engagements, mostly for Queen Silvia's Childhood Foundation.

Her husband Chris O'Neill is not a working royal and runs his own business and therefore has no title nor carries out engagements apart from being her +1 at dinners and weddings etc.

Sweden is quite strict on using titles in commercial ventures as her husband was forced to remove references to "HRH Princess Madeleine" from his business marketing in the US.

corblimeyguvnr · 13/03/2026 19:23

jeffgoldblum · 13/03/2026 18:15

Exactly! Let’s be completely honest here , Meghan markle is only able to behave the way she does because she’s married to prince Harry , without being the Duchess of Sussex, what does she actually have? Nothing, she’s invited to things as Harry’s wife the Duchess of Sussex.
just as Sarah was invited to things and was able to grift because she was the Duchess of York , without the titles neither would have been given this attention.

Exactly - oh children look who we have to visit you today ...she's an actress.. she simulated a blow job in a car ... she simulated sex in a cupboard... she cooked burgers in her skimpies... she was the maid bending over showing her arse off ...that's it before she married Harry 🤷‍♀️

corblimeyguvnr · 13/03/2026 19:27

jeffgoldblum · 13/03/2026 16:48

You do realise that Meghan posed for these pictures because she wanted them to be seen right!

Yes and her Dad wasn't as big an attraction - oh wait she didn't go.

BoudiccaRuled · 13/03/2026 19:32

Longshinyhair · 13/03/2026 18:16

At the end of the day, like it or not, MM will be compared to SF whilst she is married to the spare, grifting off her title and firmly of the belief she is entitled to a lifestyle that she can't afford.

They really are two peas in a pod, this does not bode well for the future considering Meghan has only been grifting for 6 years so far and not pushing 40 like Ferguson.

Didn't Fergie only get going after the divorce? As the Duchess of York she was meek and mild. It was only after the toe sucking she became Sarah, Duchess of York and Grifter Extraordinaire.
Although Megan, Duchess of Sussex has always styled herself as a divorcée, all the better to speed up to her grifting gear..?

jeffgoldblum · 13/03/2026 20:03

BoudiccaRuled · 13/03/2026 19:32

Didn't Fergie only get going after the divorce? As the Duchess of York she was meek and mild. It was only after the toe sucking she became Sarah, Duchess of York and Grifter Extraordinaire.
Although Megan, Duchess of Sussex has always styled herself as a divorcée, all the better to speed up to her grifting gear..?

Indeed and she managed to do it in a less obvious and more likeable way!! , before all these things came out , she still had quite a lot of good will and people standing up for poor Fergie.

LondonRidge · 13/03/2026 23:24

jeffgoldblum · 13/03/2026 15:25

Do you know which other non working royal liked to have her picture taken with sick children at children’s hospitals?
yes it’s Sarah Ferguson!
if Meghan is unhappy being compared with her as is reported, perhaps doing the same things really isn’t a good idea.

And they both wrote children’s books too which seems to be odd… I’m surprised Meghan isn’t out merching her book “The Wench bench”

or maybe even she’s embarrassed by that now…?

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