Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan’s Pacific tour set to focus on youth leadership, the environment and the Invictus Games

Kensington Palace has shared new details about plans for Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s first official tour as a married couple. The Cut reports the pair will embark on a 16-day trip to Australia, Fiji, the Kingdom of Tonga and New Zealand beginning on Oct. 16. Their first stops will include visits to Sydney, Melbourne, and New South Wales before they return to Sydney on Oct. 19 for Harry’s annual Invictus Games, a Paralympic-style competition for wounded and sick veterans. Following the games, Harry and Meghan will turn their attention to rain forest conservation when they head to Fraser Island in Queensland on Oct. 22 to check out the Queen’s Canopy Project, part of the palace’s efforts to conserve forested areas in the commonwealth regions. The royal couple will also spend time in New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga before they end the tour on Oct. 31. The trip is intended to “focus on youth leadership, environmental and conservation efforts — including the dedication of several new Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy projects — and the recovery and rehabilitation of servicemen and women through the Invictus Games Sydney 2018,” a royal spokesperson told Australia’s news