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

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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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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.

I'm not a "girlie weekend" type.

But the people I know who are, if they were paying £3000 for a girlie weekend of this sort - they'd be talking a lot about it before; they'd be squealing with delight and posting 'look at me, I'm here' pics at every turn of the event; and they would absolutely want to talk about it afterwards. I can's see an NDA having any place in this arrangement.

On balance, I think the ‘MeghansMole’ X posts are a massive wind-up so the Meg instructs her security to check everyone’s glasses, pens, purses/handbags, etc, for covert recording devices.

Some of the cameras and sound recorders you can buy on Amazon these days are incredibly tiny. She will know that she can never be sure if her goons have caught all of them.

So I do suspect piss-taking over genuine plans. But we won’t know till afterwards.

The press would photograph Diana hugging the boys and running in parents races and literally ignored Charles doing exactly the same.

There’s a famous photo of Diana, hugging the boys, on a return from an overseas trip. A minute later, Charles also hugged the boys. The photo on the front pages was the Diana one.

Which all feeds into my initial point.

That W & H had a far less emotionally stifled, fuddy-duddy upbringing than Charles and are far nearer to the modern norm.

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Exactly. Half the fun of something like this would be being able to share some of the details. A total blackout on that, ban on photos etc, will be a right dampener.

Nor me, Rhaidimiddim - I much prefer mixed company - but you make an excellent point about how the excitement builds up, and on that basis I'd agree that NDAs may not be appropriate

I can't quite see that they were appropriate in a Harlem school either though, unless that visit was done for free and because of that they felt able to make more demands?

Still, as long as they can prevent any journos turning up confirmation bias will do the rest. Just as those who freeze on a Sandringham winter morning to see the RF will insist how wonderful it all was the attendees may well do the same - especially as few of us like wasting our money

That reminds me of years ago when on a thread where posters were praising Diana for that “ unprecedented protocol breach “ , the rather nasty comments I received when I pointed out that Charles had done it too! , I then posted a picture as proof and was roundly ignored! 🤷‍♀️

The photos in question!

A bit like these photos resurfacing after Harry claimed he was never taken on bike rides by his father!

Those are lovely pictures. ❤️

Gosh, Charles looks just like William in that profile spot!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15706963/Meghan-girls-weekend-retreat-overshadowed-growing-security-concerns-online-troll.html

Sounds like a reason is being fashioned for a cancellation!

Yes, and it’s not a security issue to have a paying guest film you, even if they are taking the piss.

You beat me to it, jeff

It could also provide another whine for Harry, as in "This is what we're up against ... my wife had to cancel a world leading event because of securideee"

Indeed ! If rumours are correct that the event is not sold out then this could be a reason to cancel .

Meghan really can't take anything other than outright adoration, can she? No comments on insta- what is she afraid of ?

That article was written by Charlotte ‘movie snuggles’ 🤮 Griffiths.

[Harry] cites security as the reason he hasn't visited the UK with his children for years.
Appearances such as the Sydney retreat risk undermining that argument by placing the Meghan in an environment where exposure to strangers is not only unavoidable but actively encouraged.

Agree with their conclusion - but think the copy-editor should have done a better job.

Reminds me of the near catastrophic car chase that was so dangerous, so traumatic for them, and so reminiscent of what happened to Diana, that none of them put their seatbelt on 🤦‍♀️

🤣 a rare occurrence puzzled ! , however I think Harry is onto plums with that when the rest of the places have been padded by Meghans acknowledged squad members.

Will there be a refund? That’s what I would be interested in knowing!
apparently Meghan has already been paid up front, the organisers need to sell these tickets to get their business in order .

As we already know @corblimeyguvnr, the truth!

OMG I hadn't noticed that, TheAutumnCrow!!

So now we've got a journo Harry lied about shagging associating with gunning for his wife in what may be their least favourite paper

Won't Meghan be pleased ...