Baby’s first royal tour! Meghan and Harry will undertake their postponed visit to the US and Canada in Autumn 2019 – and they’ll take their newborn along
- Meghan and Harry will take their baby on tour of US and Canada, sources say
- The tour, which is in its first stages of planning, will take place in Autumn 2019
- Couple were due to visit in Spring, but postponed due to Meghan’s pregnancy
- The Duchess will have a young baby then, she is due to give birth in the Spring
The Duchess of Sussex is set to return to both her former homes when she embarks on an official tour of Canada and the US next Autumn – with Harry and their new baby.
Sources have told Vanity Fair magazine that the couple have rescheduled their proposed tour for late 2019 after they cancelled plans for the Spring due to Meghan’s pregnancy.
Courtiers are said to be in the early stages of planning a tour that will take place after the Duchess, 37, has taken a short maternity leave from royal duties of six months.
The couple were due to visit California-born Meghan’s home and Canada where she lived while filming Suits early next year, but they will now arrive as a family of three.
The Duchess, who is currently planning Christmas with the royal family at Sandringham house, will embark on a tour around the US and Canada. Pictured: Harry and Meghan arriving in Wellington on the royal tour of New Zealand in October
Meghan’s mother Doria – pictured with her daughter at Cliveden House the night before the royal wedding in May – has been a huge support since Meghan joined the royal family. However, she no longer speaks to her father Thomas Markle, pictured with Meghan as a teenager, after he pulled out of the wedding a few days beforehand
While royal tours are jam packed with engagements, there will no doubt be a chance for Meghan to catch up with her mother Doria.
She has already joined Meghan on one official engagement when she accompanied her daughter to a launch party at Kensington Palace for the charity cookbook Together.
Meghan might also have a chance to catch up with old friends and work colleagues in Canada if she visits Toronto, where the set of her now former show Suits was set.
Thomas Markle, Meghan’s dad will probably be hoping that the new Duchess will be paying him a visit while she’s in the US.
Doria has already joined her daughter on an official engagement, attending to launched of a charity cookbook Meghan worked on with survivors of the Grenfell Tower tragedy
Meghan Markle, pictured at the British Fashion Awards earlier in December, is due to give birth to her and Harry’s first baby in the spring
Her Dad, who currently lives in Mexico , has had a bad relationship with his daughter since it was revealed that he staged paparazzi photos of him getting ready for the royal wedding.
Since then Thomas Markle claims that he hasn’t head from his daughter. He appeared on Good Morning Britain yesterday talking about his relationship with her.
He told Piers Morgan and Suzannah Reid, “I’m very disappointed by it. I’m not sure why it’s happening and I’m waiting, I’m reaching out.”
Thomas Markle appeared on Good Morning Britain yesterday revealing that he hasn’t heard from his daughter, despite writing to her and texting her every day
Meghan and Harry take a walk at Abel Tasman National Park in New Zealand after it was announced in October that she was pregnant with their first child
Asking for the Queen to help him speak to his daughter Thomas Markle carried on by saying, “I would appreciate anything she could do. I would think she would want to resolve family problems.
“All families, royal or otherwise, are the same and they should all be together – certainly around the holidays.”
The former actress, who announced her pregnancy in October and is due to give birth in the spring will apparently only take 6 weeks maternity leave.
The Queen is keen to have Meghan more involved with royal duties by passing on one of her royal patronages to her. Pictured: The couple leaving for their evening reception at Frogmore House at their wedding in May
No details of the tour have been revealed yet, but it is said to be in the first stages of planning.
Other reports, by the Sunday Times have also claimed that the Queen is keen to have Meghan more involved with royal duties by passing on one of her royal patronages to her.
This will involve her being a patron for one of the Queen’s many charities and organisations. The Queen currently has over 600 patronages.