--- title: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Announce the First Royal Tour description: The newlyweds will be attending the Invictus Games in Sydney before heading to Fiji canonical: https://time.com/5307801/meghan-markle-harry-royal-tour-2018/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-11T15:57:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:19.542Z og:title: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Share Their First Royal Tour og:description: It's a very Princess Diana-like destination og:url: https://time.com/5307801/meghan-markle-harry-royal-tour-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80ec9f2e221078ab/698932a822fb85e8f9e25dd9/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5147 og:image:height: 2895 og:image:alt: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Trooping the Colour og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Share Their First Royal Tour twitter:description: It's a very Princess Diana-like destination twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80ec9f2e221078ab/698932a822fb85e8f9e25dd9/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Follow Princess Diana's Tradition With Their Next Big Move > Sponsored content. 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She paired the dress with a hat by Philip Treacy Chris Jackson—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 11, 2018 3:57 PM UTC Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the [royal couple](http://time.com/5285543/meghan-markle-prince-harry-plans-after-royal-wedding/) now known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are heading down under this fall. It’s hard to deny the romantic allure of Fiji. The couple have been invited to visit Australia and New Zealand by the countries’ governments, while the pair will visit Fiji and Tonga at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Kensington Palace said Sunday night. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1005947981554704384) As the [_Evening Standard_ points out](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-to-visit-australia-new-zealand-fiji-and-tonga-in-first-overseas-tour-a3859636.html), this trip follows in the footsteps of Harry’s parents, the Prince of Wales and Diana, whose first royal tour as a married couple was also to Australia and New Zealand. The trip is set to coincide with the Invictus Games in Sydney, which are scheduled for October 20-27\. The Games are important to Prince Harry, as he created the Paralympic-style sporting event as a way to recognize soldiers who have been wounded. In addition to being in line for the throne of England, Harry is a military veteran who served in Afghanistan. Prince Harry and [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5281096/meghan-markle-multicultural-britain/) notably made their first public appearance as a couple. They watched a match of wheelchair tennis while photographers ignored the action on the court to snap photos of the newly-confirmed pair. For [2020](http://time.com/5300218/prince-harry-invictus-games-2020/), they are expecting as many as 19 countries to field teams across events like archery, wheelchair rugby and paratriathlon. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5307801/meghan-markle-harry-royal-tour-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5307801/meghan-markle-harry-royal-tour-2018/"},"headline":"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Follow Princess Diana's Tradition With Their Next Big Move","datePublished":"2018-06-11T15:57:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:19.542Z","description":"The newlyweds will be attending the Invictus Games in Sydney","url":"https://time.com/5307801/meghan-markle-harry-royal-tour-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","Prince Harry","meghan markle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80ec9f2e221078ab/698932a822fb85e8f9e25dd9/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80ec9f2e221078ab/698932a822fb85e8f9e25dd9/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Trooping the Colour","caption":"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Trooping the Colour","creditText":"Chris Jackson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5307801/meghan-markle-harry-royal-tour-2018/","name":"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Will Follow Princess Diana's Tradition With Their Next Big Move"}}]}] ```