List of official overseas trips made by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

This is a list of official overseas visits and Commonwealth tours made by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex . Prince Harry, as a child, first traveled with his parents on official visits and tours. He later became one of the United Kingdom's most important ambassadors; sometimes the Duke traveled overseas as a representative of the UK. His wife, Meghan Markle, began undertaking official trips upon joining the British royal family in 2018. The Duke and Duchess also toured Commonwealth realms, of which his paternal grandmother is the queen, as her representative or as members of the realm's royal family. The Duke and Duchess ceased undertaking engagements in the UK and overseas after stepping down as working members of the royal family in 2020.

List of official overseas visits[]

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Date	Country	Notes
5–10 May 1985	Italy	Visited Venice with the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince William.[1]
22–27 October 1991	Canada	Visit with the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince William.[2]
23–24 March 1998		Visited Vancouver for public engagements with the Prince of Wales and Prince William.[2]
February–April 2004	Lesotho	Harry visited the African country on a two-month working trip to raise awareness about AIDS, drought, and poverty. He was hosted by Prince Seeiso of Lesotho.[3]
July 2008		Prince Harry met with youngsters at the counseling centres.[4]
June 2010		Together with Prince William, Prince Harry visited projects supported by Sentebale.[5]
March 2012	Belize	Harry led an official visit to Belize as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.[6]
	Bahamas	[citation needed]
	Jamaica	Met with Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, was considering severing ties between Jamaica and the constitutional monarchy.[7]
	Brazil	He then visited Brazil to attend the GREAT Campaign.[8]
February–March 2013	Lesotho	Harry visited local centres in Lesotho
	South Africa	Attended a gala dinner for his charity, in Johannesburg, South Africa.[5]
9–15 May 2013	United States	He made an official visit to the United States. The tour promoted the rehabilitation of injured American and UK troops, publicised his own charities and supported British interests. It included engagements in Washington, DC, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. He met survivors of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey.[9][10]
August 2013	Angola	Harry visited Angola to see HALO Trust's work there as patron of the trust's 25th Anniversary Appeal.[11]
October 2013	Australia	Harry visited Australia for his first official visit to the country and attended the International Fleet Review at Sydney Harbour.[12] He also paid a visit to the Australian SAS HQ in Perth.[13]
October 2013	United Arab Emirates	On his way back from Australia to the UK, Harry attended a charity event for Sentebale at Dubai.[14]
May 2014	Estonia	Visited Freedom Square in the capital Tallinn to honour those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. He also attended a reception at the Estonian Parliament[15] and a NATO military exercise.[16] In Italy,
	Italy	Attended commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the Monte Cassino battles, in which Polish, Commonwealth and British troops fought.[17][18] He also unveiled the British Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015 in Rome at the MAXXI Museum.[19]
June 2014[20]	Brazil
	Chile
August 2014	Belgium	Harry flew to Belgium, where he met families of WWI soldiers in a reception before reading a letter from a fallen soldier in a twilight service at St Symphorien Military Cemetery in Mons.[21]
9 November 2014	Afghanistan	Prince Harry attended Remembrance Sunday Service at Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, representing the Queen.[22][23]
18–20 November 2014	Oman	Harry's original plan was to attend the National Day Parade, but due to the illness of the Sultan, the parade was cancelled and Harry's visit became semi-official. He visited the British Embassy,[24] Nizwa Fort, Muttrah souk,[25] and Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque.[26]
	United Arab Emirates	On 20 November, he played in the Sentebale Polo Cup in Abu Dhabi in aid of Sentebale; it was hailed as the Sentebale Polo Cup.[27]
December 2014	Lesotho	Prince Harry visited Lesotho with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to see the charity's work.[28]
6 April 2015	Australia	Before reporting for duty to the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Harry visited the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on 6 April 2015.[29]
24–25 April 2015	Turkey	Harry joined his father in Turkey to attend commemorations of the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign.[30]
May 2015	Australia	Harry made a farewell walkabout at the Sydney Opera House and visited Macquarie University Hospital.[31][32]
May 2015	New Zealand	Harry made an official visit to New Zealand, touring Wellington, Invercargill, Stewart Island, Christchurch, Linton, Whanganui, and Auckland.[33][34]
28 October 2015	United States	On 28 October 2015, he carried out one day of engagements in the US. He launched the Invictus Games Orlando 2016 with First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden at Fort Belvoir.[35] He later attended an Invictus Games 2016 Board Meeting and a Reception to celebrate the launch at the British Ambassador's Residence. Prior to the reception, Harry met with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.[36]
November 2015	Lesotho	On 26 November 2015, as patron of Sentebale, Harry travelled to Lesotho to attend the opening of the Mamohato Children's Centre.[37] Two days later Harry played the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup, at Val de Vie Estate in Cape Town, South Africa, fundraising for Sentebale.[38]
30 November–3 December 2015	South Africa	Harry made an official visit to South Africa.[39] He visited Cape Town, where he met with Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and presented the Order of the Companions of Honour to the Archbishop on behalf of the Queen.[40] On the day he visited Kruger National Park and Southern African Wildlife College, Kensington Palace released a series of pictures and videos about his conservation work tour in Africa during the summer.[41] In Johannesburg, Harry visited the Nelson Mandela Foundation where he met with Graca Machel and toured the private archives of the Centre for Memory. He also met with President Jacob Zuma at his residence in Pretoria.[42]
19–23 March 2016[43]	Nepal	He stayed until the end of March 2016 to help rebuild a secondary school with Team Rubicon UK, and visited a Hydropower Project in Central Nepal.[44]
2 May 2016	Canada	As patron of Invictus Games Foundation, he attended a day of engagements to launch the Invictus Games 2017 in Toronto on 2 May 2016. He also met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[45][46]
5–13 May 2016	United States	Harry attended the Invictus Games 2016, where he met competitors and their families and watched all sports competitions. He gave speeches at the opening and closing ceremonies, attended a symposium on Invisible Wounds, with former President George W. Bush and two veterans, and receptions for sponsors, Invictus Games Foundation and Royal Foundation.
30 June–1 July 2016	France	Prince Harry and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended the Battle of the Somme centenary commemorations at the Thiepval Memorial in France.[47]
21 July 2016	South Africa	He attended the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa.[48]
20 November–4 December 2016	Antigua and Barbuda	He visited the Caribbean on behalf of the Queen and the Foreign Office.[49]
	Saint Kitts and Nevis
	Saint Lucia
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Grenada
	Barbados
	Guyana
9 April 2017	France	Prince Harry and the Duke of Cambridge attended the centenary commemorations for the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
22–30 September 2017	Canada	As patron of Invictus Games Foundation, he attended opening of the Invictus Games 2017 in Toronto. He also met with U.S. First Lady Melania Trump.
25–26 October 2017	Denmark	Harry visited projects which help young people in Copenhagen. He also met with Queen Margrethe II.[50]
December 2017	Malawi	Harry spent three weeks in Malawi with African Parks where he joined a team of volunteers and professionals to carry out one of the largest elephant translocations in history. The effort to repopulate areas decimated due to poaching and habitat loss moved 500 elephants from Liwonde and Majete National Parks to Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve.[51]
July 2018	Ireland	The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Dublin, Ireland, at the request of the British government. This was the first official overseas tour of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after their wedding in May 2018.[52][53]
15–31 October 2018	Australia	In June 2018, Kensington Palace announced that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would tour Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand around the time of the Invictus Games, which was held in Sydney in October 2018.[54][55]
	Fiji
	Tonga
	New Zealand
26–27 November 2018	Zambia	The Duke of Sussex took part in a commemoration service for Zambian military veterans and attended an event of The Queen's Commonwealth Trust.[56]
14 February 2019	Norway	The Duke of Sussex visited British servicemen and women in Bardufoss.[57][58]
23–25 February 2019	Morocco	The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Casablanca, the Atlas Mountains and Rabat. They visited projects centered on the issues of "women's empowerment, girls' education, inclusivity and encouragement of social entrepreneurship".[59]
9 May 2019	Netherlands	The Duke of Sussex visited The Hague and attended events to mark the official launch of the 2020 Invictus Games.[60]
24 May 2019	Italy	The Duke of Sussex visited Rome to take part in a fundraising polo match for his charity Sentebale.[61]
3 September 2019	Netherlands	The Duke of Sussex travelled to Amsterdam to launch Travalyst, an initiative "to encourage sustainable practices in the travel industry".[62]
23 September–2 October 2019	South Africa	The Duke of Sussex visited the Southern African countries at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He was accompanied by the Duchess of Sussex and their son Archie in South Africa and later made solo appearances in Malawi and Angola. The trip also included a short working visit to Botswana by the Duke. As President of African Parks and Patron of Rhino Conservation Botswana, the Duke of Sussex raised awareness about wildlife issues and visited the MOD-African Parks. In his capacity as President of the Queen's Commonwealth Trust, he carried out engagements related to socio-economic and environmental challenges.[63] The tour included a walk by Harry in a former minefield in Angola where his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, had walked and raised awareness about before her death.[64] This was followed by a visit to a British military unit in Malawi. The Duke also attended the renaming ceremony of an orthopaedic centre in Huambo, Angola, which was renamed the Princess Diana Orthopaedic Centre in his mother's honour.[65]
	Malawi
	Angola
	Botswana
2 November 2019	Japan	The Duke of Sussex attended the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final in Yokohama.[66]

See also[]

• List of state visits made by Elizabeth II
• List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II
• List of official overseas trips made by Charles, Prince of Wales
• List of official overseas trips made by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

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