Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton Appointed Patron of Royal Photographic Society

The palace confirmed that Harry will also visit Malawi and Angola at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and will also undertake a "working visit" to Botswana.

Weeks after welcoming their first child into their lives, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will soon embark on their first official royal tour as a family.

Once again, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex showed off their love of emojis in their latest post by using the countries' flags to highlight their royal tour stops.and we see you, Meghan the caption-writer. This means baby Archie is making history as one of the youngest royals to ever embark on a royal tour at age 5-6 months (depending on when they depart).

This will be Harry and Meghan's first tour as a family with Archie.

The royals announced the news on their Instagram page - as is tradition - on Thursday.

The British High Commissioner Nigel Casey to South Africa revealed the couple will be visiting the country later this year during a press conference on Wednesday morning.

Her new patronage was announced ahead of her visit to a photography workshop run by the Royal Photographic Society in conjunction with Action for Children - another of Kate's patronages, which is supporting its 150th anniversary this year. Harry, 34, was named Commonwealth Youth Ambassador a year ago by Queen Elizabeth.

He said: He joked: "That's great news for us, and I predict it's also good news for the South African economy".

"We're hugely looking forward to that and thanks in anticipation for that and all the support that I know we're going to receive".

Prince Harry and Meghan are expected to promote Sentebale, the charity Prince Harry started with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho and demining in Angola, a project that was close to Princess Diana's heart.

To show just how much that trip to Botswana meant to him, Harry even sourced the main diamond from Meghan's engagement ring from there.