The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are currently on a 10-day tour of Africa with their adorable five-month old son Archie. Their trip comes after they faced a summer of criticism after travelling on private jets several times while preaching about environmental issues. But now it has been claimed the couple support each other whenever they face backlash.

A source told PEOPLE: “They definitely lean on each other during challenging times.”

Meghan and Harry are often seen holding hands or touching each other affectionately when they are in public.

Africa also has a special meaning for the couple.

The source added: “They are both excited about Africa.”

After only two dates, Harry whisked Meghan to Botswana for a trip in 2016.

Harry has said in the past they “camped out with each other under the stars” and were “really by ourselves”.

They’ve had an eventful week so far in South Africa.

Meghan and Harry brought Archie on his first official royal outing to meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s most-known human rights activist.

Archie entertained them all as he tried to stand up on the couch in Meghan’s arms.

Harry said: “He constantly wants to stand.”

Meghan added: “He’s an old soul.”

The duchess also added “parenting” is a new strength that the pair are leaning.

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Harry as always been vocal about his love for Africa.

When asked once what he would do if he were not a prince, he said: “I’d probably live in Africa. I’d like to spend all my time out there … As a job, it would probably be a safari guide.”

When he was 13 years old, he travelled to South Africa and met the Spice Girls.

His half-term trip treat in November 1997 with the Prince of Wales came just two months after the death of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales.

When he was 21, Harry set up his charity Sentebale in memory of his mother to help Aids orphans in Lesotho.

Sentebale was first thought about in 2004 when the prince spent two months in the landlocked country located within South Africa during his gap year after being invited by its Prince Seeiso, a friend of Harry’s mentor ex-army officer Mark Dyer.

He has made numerous return journeys to Lesotho, and other African countries.

In 2008, Harry, then 24, and 26-year-old William took part in an epic charity motorbike trek across South Africa.

The physically demanding and mentally gruelling 1,000-mile adventure was billed as a life-changing “endurance test” for the royal brothers.

After leaving the Army in 2015, he lived the life of an African ranger, spending three months working as a wildlife conservation volunteer in Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Botswana.

Harry said: “To actually get the chance to go to Africa, embed myself with the number one top vet in southern Africa, travel with him for three weeks and every job he gets called up to do, I follow him. That’s like my dream.”

The trip was followed by an official tour to South Africa, where he travelled to the Kruger National Park and saw a poaching crime scene, met retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu and honoured the legacy of former president Nelson Mandela.

In 2016, Harry helped conservationists move herds of African elephants hundreds of miles to a safer home in Malawi, and described the experience as “amazing”.

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