Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will begin their tour of Africa in October in what is set to be the first royal engagement for their newborn son Archie Harrison. Stops along the way will include Malawi to focus on the expansion of Harry’s charity Sentebale, which supports the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people affected by HIV in Lesotho and Botswana, HELLO has reported. They will also travel to Angola, where the country’s Government is set to clear landmines from two national parks – a cause extremely close to Harry’s late mother, Princess Diana.

Earlier this month, the Prince attended a discussion at Chatham House about mine clearance in the African country visited by the Princess of Wales – just a few months before her death in 1997.

Princess Diana famously walked through a minefield cleared by the Halo Trust in Angola to highlight the plight of those impacted by military munitions.

But the Princess of Wales was never able to see her work to help outlaw landmines come to fruition, as she died before the international treaty to ban the military weapons was signed in 1997.

Harry and Meghan are also expected to visit Botswana and South Africa on the fortnight-long tour.

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This will mark Meghan’s first major royal trip since returning from maternity leave following the birth of Archie.

She gave birth to her and husband Harry’s first child on May 6, with the Duchess expected to resume her royal duties just a couple of weeks before the tour of Africa.

Meanwhile Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, are set to travel to Asia this autumn for a major official Royal tour.

The MailOnline reports the trip will focus on visiting Commonwealth countries, meaning destinations could include Bangladesh, India, Malaysia and Singapore.

The report, citing unnamed sources, claims they could also visit Sri Lanka, where 258 people died following an terror attack on Easter Sunday.

But there is less likelihood of a stop in Brunei due to the criticism it has attracted for its human rights record, while it is believed China was considered, but ruled out for unspecified reasons.

More details of the upcoming tour are expected to be confirmed by Kensington Palace over the coming weeks.

Details of both royal couples’ upcoming tours come after Meghan and Harry last week confirmed their split from the Royal Foundation shared with Kate and William.

This followed months of speculation about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex going their separate ways with the Royal Foundation, which was set up by the princes in 2009, after Meghan and Harry split their household from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge earlier this year.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have now employed their own staff, who are based at Buckingham Palace under the guidance of the Queen’s team, and have also set up a social media account on Instagram.

The split is “designed to best complement the work and responsibilities” as Meghan, Harry, William and Kate prepare for their different and future roles in the Royal Family.

Sources say the split is “natural progression” as Meghan and Harry seek more ‘flexibility’ from their charity split with Kate and William.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex want to be more “hands-on” than William is allowed to be as future King.

A source told PEOPLE: “The Cambridges take a very top-level approach. They have different roles and three small children.

“The Duke of Cambridge has less flexibility in his charity work because of his constitutional obligations.

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