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 going to be really pissed off for a long time about the infection risk knowingly being visited upon those children. It’s unacceptable that (a) the ‘masks off’ rule was overruled for the crowded and lengthy H&M photo opp, and (b) H&M were, post flight and unmasked, allowed to be actively touching and breathing all over sick children with undoubtedly compromised immune systems, and near to others.

Total failure of children’s safeguarding.

For our journalists and You Tubers reading this thread: please follow up on this. In the UK this would lead to a safeguarding incident investigation if a complaint were made.

Normally I’d agree but Harry is behaving like a child who hasn’t been told “no” and throwing tantrums! , clearly treating him as an adult isn’t working so clearly he needs it explained in a way that he understands!
as you know I’m not a republican but I’m not a royalist either, criticism of the royals were warranted is welcome, I don’t however blame Charles for following the rather outdated and old fashioned lead of his mother, I do expect him to move forward ( even slowly) with the times and fix certain issues that he may have not been able to before, I did give him grace because losing a parent is hard on anyone but time has passed and unfortunately with his health he doesn’t have the time to twiddle his fingers , I do have hope and feel that William will modernise things when his time comes ( after a period of mourning) .

The difference is that Camilla kept her head down and concentrated on charity work. No books , TV interviews , reality shows etc .
How on earth could H and M square everything they said with returning to the Royal fold ?
Pretty sure H would jump at the chance but M is very happy with her life and so long as she has her title, she won’t set foot in the U.K. again.

Normally I’d agree but Harry is behaving like a child who hasn’t been told “no” and throwing tantrums! , clearly treating him as an adult isn’t working so clearly he needs it explained in a way that he understands!

That's very fair comment and I don't disagree, @jeffgoldblum, but I honestly believe Harry's beyond having anything "explained" by anyone now

IMO the only thing that might work is if he becomes so disturbed that a "rescue misssion" is deemed necessary and he then had to draw his horns in for a while, but even that would be a colossal risk once he decided that they'd actually persecuted him instead

For absolutely no reason at all ! Now all I can think of is …….🎶 how do you solve a problem like Harry ? 🎶 how do you stop a whiner in his tracks ? 🎶 🤣🤣

I expect no better from H & M but it's shocking that the hospital has consented to this farce.

Two foreign private citizens with no connection to the hospital or even the country are being allowed to use very ill children as PR props as a backdrop to their commercial gigs. It sounds like a logistical and safeguarding nightmare with no obvious benefit to anyone other than the Sussexes. What's in it for the hospital and the children?

‘Call me Meg’: Duchess of Sussex shrugs off title on Australia tour

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a6df68997a8cb090

So the children photographed in the therapy session had eating disorders. Fragile children plastered on the worlds media.

he needs to step up and parent Harry finally

Harry is 41, well past being parented!

Surely the parents would have to give explicit consent for their children's photographs to be published?

Even so, the whole thing seems exploitative to me and the hospital really should not have allowed it. I wouldn't be surprised if they get a flood of complaints.

This is all the Palaces fault (Charles specifically) there have never been any repercussions for their atrocious behaviour towards the family and the country in general, and before anyone says but what can Charles do? A lot, he is just a pathetic weak King, he could have taken them off the RF website for a start, not allow them to use their titles, he should never have allowed the children to be Prince and Princess, Harry should never have been allowed to retain Invictus as the Royal Foundation set that up, Invictus has given them free reign to continue the pretend royal tours and that’s just a few things off the top of my head. I have completely lost patience with the Palace now, they have brought this shit show on themselves.

And in ten year's time, when they're applying for jobs, there they'll be on the SM timelines.

"So, Lee, have you got over your eating disorder now?"

Invictus is not a royal patronage so the monarch has no say in who is the patron.

Archie and Lili were Prince and Princess the moment Charles became King. It would have been very awkward for him to retroactively remove their titles. The Queen should have limited titles to direct line grandchildren during her lifetime, but that wasn't her style.

I guess Harry's Dukedom could be removed but I'm not sure it would make a huge difference. If they want to play pretend royals, and if organisations are willing to indulge them, there's not a whole lot Charles can do.

KC cannot remove their titles, he can’t remove AMW’s titles either - that requires acts of parliaments. The main reason why AMW title was removed was it provided the government with a distraction from Mandleson.

Wrong, there was no act of Parliament to remove Andrew’s titles it was done with a stroke of a pen.

I'm not sure if this has been posted but some speaking out https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15731101/Harry-Meghans-Australian-quasi-royal-tour-starts-amid-bafflement-actually-ahead-money-spinning-commercial-engagements-including-1-400-head-girls-weekend.html

Also from the Telegraph article "A press release issued to coincide with her appearance included a link to the £650 (AUS$1,250) dress and said she had “personally selected” pieces from Gee’s collection to wear throughout the week. She previously wore one of the brand’s dresses during her last visit to Australia in 2018." I assume this is one of those she gets a commission if bought through that link thing. Highlighted in a press release about a visit to a childrens' hospital. That is pretty low.

Royal titles such as Prince or Princess can indeed be granted, and removed, by a stroke of the Monarch's pen.

Peerages, however, can only be removed by an Act of Parliament.

I don't fully understand the arcane legalities, but I believe that 'technically', Andrew's Dukedom has not actually been removed. However, for all practical purposes, he is no longer a Duke of the realm.

Prince was removed by Charles, which he is able to do without parliament, the duke title can only be removed by parliament, the difference is that Andrew agreed to not using and putting aside his duke title ( I imagine he did not know at the time that his brother would later remove his prince title!) , I can’t ever see Harry voluntarily agreeing to the same! And I can’t ever see Charles removing the prince title from Harry unless he does something illegal.

So PH, the mental health advocate, is happy to have children suffering from a mental health condition placed front and centre of his faux royal tour for PR photos.

Sorry you are right - it is not an Act of Parliament, it is a Letter Patent. This is prepared on ministerial advice and sealed by the Lord Chancellor.

44 years ago, long before social media or mobile phones, my small child was an in-patient at GOSH and I was staying in with them. Princess Diana was due to visit the hospital, (a huge event and exciting for everyone) and they wanted a child to present her with a gift - it had to be one whose parent was present and one who was well enough to do the presentation. So, they chose my child, and I remember having the whole shebang explained to me very carefully and having to sign some form of disclaimer as press photos would be taken. It was taken very seriously 44 years ago! How could this Australia visit have gone so horrendously awry?

I agree that it’s about time Charles does something about this!
although he may be limited in official actions, I doubt the government would stand in his way if he wanted to make it very clear that Harry is officially out.

yes the royal family (the real one!) need to sort things out this is just such an ongoing joke

Is he? , really?
I had no idea ! , I thought he was still 13!

Further to my post above - here is KG's website with photos of H&M at the hospital. At least no photos of the children but I find this advertising very distasteful & IMO a PR disaster for M & KG (@Atlusvue could easily have gone on your thread also ) Maybe just me but it doesn't sit right with me.
https://karengee.com/collections/ready-to-wear

I think the dress is lovely , I think M looks fantastic in it , but to be highlighting it in the press release and here connected with the hospital visit I personally think is poor.

A press release issued to coincide with her appearance included a link to the £650 (AUS$1,250) dress and said she had “personally selected” pieces from Gee’s collection to wear throughout the week.

Vulgar, low class, exploitative, disgusting, trashy behaviour facilitated by Harry.

I’m amazed this is happening in Australia. Exactly how much $$$ is this hospital expecting from Soros or whoever is funding this circus?

This hospital is selling access to the sick children they are supposed to be looking after.