Meghan Markle ‘is only allowed to take Archie Harrison on South Africa Royal Tour because of defiant Princess Diana’
MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry are embarking upon their first royal tour as a family later this year.
But according to reports, Princess Diana is the reason why they're allowed to take baby Archie along with them to Africa.
It's been reported that members of the royal family never used to take their kids on tours - in fact, the Queen and Prince Philip left their children at home for months at a time.
However, when Princess Diana married into the firm and had Prince William, she refused to leave the nine-month-old royal behind.
Instead, Will went along with Charles and Diana as they visited Australia and New Zealand in 1983.
Years later, William himself along with Kate Middleton followed in Diana's footsteps, with Prince George also visiting Oz around the same age.
Royal fans were treated to adorable photos of George playing with other children as well as visiting animals at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
Now, it seems Meghan and Harry will be following the new tradition, after the trip to South Africa and Botswana was confirmed yesterday.
"TRH The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are excited to announce that they have been asked to carry out a tour to Southern Africa this autumn," the announcement on Instagram read.
"The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have requested a visit to South Africa as well as The Duke carrying out visits to Malawi and Angola.
"His Royal Highness will also do a short working visit to Botswana on route to the other countries.
"The Duke and Duchess are really looking forward to meeting so many of you on the ground and continuing to raise awareness of the high impact work local communities are doing across the commonwealth and beyond.
"This will be their first official tour as a family!"
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We also revealed Zara Tindall laughed off claims she’s a ‘royal rebel’ after getting her tongue pierced.
And we showed you how Meghan Markle ‘copyrighted a whimsical quote her dad Thomas said about her freckles aged 14’.