By Wonderwall.com Editors
12:25pm PDT, Oct 2, 2019
Britain's Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan kicked off their royal tour Southern Africa — a 10-day, 35-engagement visit to South Africa, Botswana, Malawi and Angola — on Sept. 23. Keep reading to see the best photos from their visit… The Duke and Duchess of Sussex met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his wife, Tshepo Motsepe, at the Presidential Official Residence in Pretoria, South Africa, on Oct. 2, day 10 of their royal tour.
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Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry were photographed in silhouette as they waited to speak on stage at a creative industries and business reception at the British High Commissioner's residence in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 2, day 10 of their tour of Southern Africa.
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Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan greeted Graca Machel, the widow of former South Africa President Nelson Mandela, at a reception at the British High Commissioner's residence in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 2. The Duke last met with Mrs. Machel during his visit to South Africa in 2015.
Duchess Meghan visited the British High Commissioner's residence in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 2 to attend an afternoon reception to celebrate the UK and South Africa's important business and investment relationship, looking ahead to the Africa Investment Summit the UK will host in 2020.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan held hands as they visited South Africa's Tembisa township to learn about Youth Employment Services on Oct. 2.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan visited a greenhouse in Tembisa township in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 2 to learn about Youth Employment Services.
Duchess Meghan proudly watched Prince Harry give a speech during a visit to South Africa's Tembisa township where they learned about Youth Employment Services on Oct. 2. Harry told the crowd, "We will always seek to challenge injustice and to speak out for those who may feel unheard… We believe in you, and we intend to spend our entire lives making sure you have the opportunity to succeed — and to change the world."
Harry was also a proud partner: He lovingly watched Duchess Meghan deliver a speech during a visit to South Africa's Tembisa township on Oct. 2. While introducing her to the crowd, Harry quipped that unlike him, Meghan didn't need any notes!
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan visited Tembisa township in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 2 to learn about Youth Employment Services.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan arrived for a visit to the township of Tembisa in South Africa during the final day of their royal tour of Southern Africa on Oct. 2.
Duchess Meghan is seen inspecting a map during a visit to ActionAid in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 1.
Duchess Meghan visited ActionAid in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 1 during her royal tour of Southern Africa with Prince Harry.
Duchess Meghan, who's patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), visited the University of Johannesburg in South Africa on Oct. 1 to meet with staff and students during a roundtable discussion about access to education and gender equality. "Sometimes access to education can seem so big, you wonder where to even begin? So you begin with one student, or one school, you simply begin. And that's when we see change," she said. She also reiterated previous comments about the importance of females having access to education: "When a woman is empowered it changes absolutely everything in the community."
Prince Harry was all smiles during a visit to the Mauwa Health Centre in Blantyre, Malawi, on day nine of his royal tour of Southern Africa on Oct. 1.
Prince Harry got animated as he took part in a discussion with young people during a visit to the Mauwa Health Centre in Blantyre, Malawi, on day nine of his royal tour of Southern Africa on Oct. 1.
Duchess Meghan, who's patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), wore a tan trench dress from Banana Republic to visit the University of Johannesburg in South Africa on Oct. 1.
Duchess Meghan, who's patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), smiled as she caught a gust of wind during a visit to the University of Johannesburg in South Africa on Oct. 1.
Duchess Meghan, who's patron of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), spoke to students and staff at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa on Oct. 1 where she attended a roundtable discussion about access to education and gender equality.
Duchess Meghan visited a small market exhibiting some of the items at Victoria Yards in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sept. 30. As explained on her @SussexRoyal Instagram account, she met with the owners of Sobae Frozen — an entrepreneurial duo who created their small business as a solution to food waste, creating vegan sorbet from unused fruit from Victoria Yards.
Duchess Meghan visited with entrepreneurs at Victoria Yards in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sept. 30.
Duchess Meghan visited Sneakers 4 Change, an organization that collects and donates sneakers to those less fortunate, at Victoria Yards in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sept. 30.
Prince Harry watched an anti-poaching demonstration exercise conducted jointly by local rangers and UK military deployed on Operation CORDED at Malawi's Liwonde National Park on day eight of his royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 30.
Prince Harry received a gift after dedicating Malawi's Liwonde National Park and the adjoining Mangochi Forest to the Queen's Commonwealth Canopy on day eight of his royal tour on Sept. 30.
Prince Harry leaned against a vehicle ahead of visiting the memorial site for British Guardsman Mathew Talbot of the Coldstream Guards at the Liwonde National Park in Malawi during his royal tour of Africa on Sept. 30. Guardsman Talbot lost his life in May 2019 while on a joint anti-poaching patrol with local park rangers.
Duchess Meghan appeared via Skype from South Africa as Prince Harry visited the Nalikule College of Education in Lilongwe, Malawi, to learn about the CAMA network and how it is supporting young women in Malawi on day seven of his royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 29.
A musical duke! Prince Harry sang with the CAMA choir during a visit to the Nalikule College of Education in Lilongwe, Malawi, to learn about the CAMA network and how it is supporting young women in Malawi, on day seven of his royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 29.
Prince Harry spoke to Angeline Murimirwa, the executive director of Africa CAMFED, during his visit to the Nalikule College of Education in Lilongwe, Malawi, to learn about the CAMA network and how it is supporting young women in Malawi, on day seven of his royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 29.
On Sept. 26, Duchess Meghan invited a group of South African women leaders including Sophia Williams-De Bruyn, Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Lindiwe Mazibuko, Judy Sikuza, Mbali Ntuli, Siviwe Gwarube, Nompendulo Mkatshwa and Sonja De Bruyn Sebotsa, to join her in Cape Town, South Africa, for a sit-down so she could better understand the roles they play and have played for their country and their communities. The couple released this photo a few days later on Sept. 28.
On Sept. 26, Duchess Meghan paid a private visit to the site where 19-year-old Cape Town, South Africa, student Uyinene Mrwetyana was murdered in August 2019, to pay her respects, tie a ribbon and to show solidarity with those who have taken a stand against gender-based violence and femicide. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who released this photo on Sept. 28, had been following what had happened from afar and were both eager to learn more when they arrived in South Africa for their royal tour in September. The duchess spoke to Uyinene's mother the same week to relay their condolences.
Prince Harry arrived at the presidential palace in Luanda, Angola, on Sept. 28, for an audience with President João Lourenço.
Prince Harry shook hands with Angola's president, João Lourenço, and greeted the leader's wife, first lady Ana Dias Lourenco, at the presidential palace in Luanda, Angola, on Sept. 28.
Prince Harry was all smiles as he met 6-year-old Barnaby Jose Mar during a visit to the Princess Diana Orthopaedic Centre in Huambo, Angola, on day five of his royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 27.
Prince Harry examined a prosthetic leg during a visit to the Princess Diana Orthopaedic Centre in Huambo, Angola, on day five of his royal tour of South Africa on Sept. 27.
In a reflective moment, Prince Harry sat alone beneath the Diana Tree in Huambo, Angola, on Sept. 27, day five of his royal tour of Southern Africa. The tree marks the spot where his late mother, Princess Diana, was famously photographed in 1997 — just months before her death — walking on a minefield that was being cleared.
Prince Harry walked through a minefield — evoking images of his late mother, Princess Diana, and her trek through an Angolan minefield in 1997 — during a visit to see the work of landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust in Angola on Sept. 27, day five of his royal tour of Southern Africa.
Prince Harry spoke with Jose Antonio of the Halo Trust and a mine clearance worker while on a walk through a minefield in Dirico, Angola, on Sept. 27 during a visit to see the work of landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust on day five of his royal tour of Southern Africa.
The Duke of Sussex looked serious as he joined a Botswana Defence Force anti-poaching patrol on the Chobe river in Kasane, Botswana, on day four of his royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 26.
Prince Harry helped a child plant a tree at the Chobe Tree Reserve in Chobe National Park in Botswana on day four of his royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 26.
Prince Harry participated in a confidence-building exercise with young people at the Kasane Health Post, which is run by the Sentebale charity he co-founded, in Kasane, Botswana, on Sept. 26.
Duchess Meghan kissed a little girl's hand while visiting the African not-for-profit organization mothers2mothers — which trains and employs women living with HIV as frontline health workers across eight African nations — in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 25.
Duchess Meghan got down on the floor to visit with parents and babies during a stop at the African not-for-profit organization mothers2mothers — which trains and employs women living with HIV as frontline health workers across eight African nations — in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 25 during her royal tour of Southern Africa.
Duchess Meghan visited the African not-for-profit organisation mothers2mothers — which trains and employs women living with HIV as frontline health workers across eight African nations — in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 25 during her royal tour of Southern Africa.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan brought their 4-month-old son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, along as they met with legendary anti-apartheid and human rights activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, during their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 25.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu kissed 4-month-old Archie Mountbatten-Windsor on the head as the baby was held by his mother, Duchess Meghan, during a visit to the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, during the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 25.
What a beautiful family! Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan and son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor met with Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, during their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 25.
Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan and son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor posed for a family photo during a meeting with Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, during their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 25.
Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan and son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor met with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter, Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe, at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, during their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 25.
Duchess Meghan held her laughing son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, as she and Prince Harry met with Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, during their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 25.
Prince Harry was gifted books from Archbishop Desmond Tutu as Duchess Meghan held their son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, during a meeting at the Tutu Legacy Foundation in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 25.
Duchess Meghan spoke with 12 inspiring female entrepreneurs as she visited Woodstock Exchange, a women founders/social entrepreneurs event — the UK-SA Tech Hub focuses on skills development and access to markets by assisting entrepreneurs, particularly women, to acquire skills, resources and support — in Cape Town, South Africa, during her royal tour of Southern Africa with Prince Harry on Sept. 25.
Duchess Meghan spoke with 12 inspiring female entrepreneurs as she visited Woodstock Exchange, a women founders/social entrepreneurs event — the UK-SA Tech Hub focuses on skills development and access to markets by assisting entrepreneurs, particularly women, to acquire skills, resources and support — in Cape Town, South Africa, during her royal tour of Southern Africa with Prince Harry on Sept. 25.
Duchess Meghan arrived at the Woodstock Exchange in Cape Town, South Africa, to meet female entrepreneurs working in technology during her royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 25.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan attended a reception for young people and community and civil society leaders at the residence of the British High Commissioner in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 24.
Prince Harry attended a reception for young people and community and civil society leaders at the residence of the British High Commissioner in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 24.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan attended a reception for young people and community and civil society leaders at the residence of the British High Commissioner in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 24. Here, they're seen chatting with South African disabled rights campaigner Marlene le Roux.
Duchess Meghan attended a reception for young people and community and civil society leaders at the residence of the British High Commissioner in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 24.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan visited South Africa's Auwal Mosque in Cape Town's Bo-Kaap area on Heritage Day, Sept. 24.
Duchess Meghan wore a headscarf during a visit to Auwal Mosque — the oldest mosque in South Africa that, for the Muslim community, symbolises the freedom of former slaves to worship — in Cape Town's Bo-Kaap area on Heritage Day, Sept. 24, during her royal tour of Southern Africa with Prince Harry.
Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry arrived for a visit to Auwal Mosque — the oldest mosque in South Africa that, for the Muslim community, symbolises the freedom of former slaves to worship — in Cape Town's Bo-Kaap area on Heritage Day, Sept. 24, during their royal tour of Southern Africa.
Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry met with interfaith leaders at Auwal Mosque — the oldest mosque in South Africa, built in 1794 — in Cape Town's Bo-Kaap area on Heritage Day, Sept. 24, during their royal tour of Southern Africa.
Duchess Meghan arrived at a private home to meet with locals on Sept. 24 as she took part in Heritage Day public holiday celebrations in the Bo-Kaap district of Cape Town, South Africa, during her royal tour of Southern Africa with Prince Harry.
Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry are seen after a visit to Auwal Mosque — the oldest mosque in South Africa — in Cape Town's Bo-Kaap area on Heritage Day, Sept. 24, during their royal tour of Southern Africa.
Duchess Meghan met a young well-wisher as she and Prince Harry walked through the colorful and multicultural neighbourhood of Bo-Kaap in Cape Town, South Africa, on Heritage Day, Sept. 24, during their royal tour of Southern Africa.
Prince Harry met with the City of Cape Town Marine Unit in Kalk Bay, South Africa, on Sept. 24 during a solo engagement amid his royal tour of Southern Africa with Duchess Meghan. The Cape Town Marine Unit traveled with the Duke of Sussex to Seal Island, where they briefed His Royal Highness on their role in combating the poaching of abalone, considered one of the country's most significant illegal wildlife trade concerns.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan visited Cape Town's Monwabisi Beach, where they learned about the work of Waves for Change on day two of their royal tour of South Africa on Sept. 24.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan shared a kiss during a visit to Waves for Change on Monwabisi Beach in Cape Town, South Africa, during day two of their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 24.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan participated in an activity with the local surf mentors of Waves for Change — an NGO that provides mental health services to vulnerable young people living in under-resourced communities — on Monwabisi Beach in Cape Town, South Africa, during day two of their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 24.
Duchess Meghan closed her eyes and put out her hands during a game led by the surf mentors of Waves for Change — an NGO that provides mental health services to vulnerable young people living in under-resourced communities — on Monwabisi Beach in Cape Town, South Africa, during day two of a royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 24.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan posed with the local surf mentors of Waves for Change — an NGO that provides mental health services to vulnerable young people living in under-resourced communities — on Monwabisi Beach in Cape Town, South Africa, during day two of their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 24.
Duchess Meghan looked through a microscope during a visit to the NGO Waves for Change at Monwabisi Beach in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 24.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan — who re-wore a blue Veronica Beard dress she debuted back in October 2019 during a royal visit to Tonga — arrived for a visit to the District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa, on the first day of their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 23.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan were treated to a cooking demonstration where they sampled some dishes (she was heard declaring one "delicious") during a visit to the District 6 Museum and Homecoming Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 23 on day one of their royal tour of Southern Africa. District 6 was an inner-city residential area where different communities and races lived side by side until 1966, when the apartheid government declared the area whites-only and 60,000 residents were forcibly removed and relocated.
A local reached out to hug Prince Harry as wife Duchess Meghan looked on while the couple were visiting the District 6 Museum in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 23 on day one of their royal tour of Southern Africa.
Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry were shown around the District 6 Museum in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 23. According to CNN, the couple saw an interactive map explaining the neighborhood's history under apartheid and were given a tour of several exhibits by a jazz musician and former resident of the area in honor of District 6's creative background.
For their very first engagement on this tour, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan visited a Justice Desk initiative — a workshop that teaches children about their rights, self-awareness and safety — in Nyanga township, which has the highest murder rate in the country, in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sept. 23.
Duchess Meghan danced with a local during a visit to a Justice Desk initiative — a workshop that teaches children about their rights, self-awareness and safety — in Nyanga township in Cape Town, South Africa, during her royal tour of Southern Africa with Prince Harry on Sept. 23.
Duchess Meghan got a hug from a little boy as she visited a Justice Desk initiative — a workshop that teaches children about their rights, self-awareness and safety — in Nyanga township in Cape Town, South Africa, during her royal tour of Southern Africa with Prince Harry on Sept. 23.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex received a hug from a well-wisher as he visited a Justice Desk initiative — a workshop that teaches children about their rights, self-awareness and safety — in Nyanga township in Cape Town, South Africa, during his royal tour of Southern Africa with Duchess Meghan on Sept. 23.
Standing on a tree stump, Duchess Meghan gave a speech condemning gender violence while visiting a Justice Desk initiative — a workshop that teaches children about their rights, self-awareness and safety — in Nyanga township in Cape Town, South Africa, during her royal tour of Southern Africa with Prince Harry on Sept. 23. As she addressed the crowd, she said: "On one personal note, may I just say that while I am here with my husband as a member of the royal family, I want you to know that for me, I am here with you as a mother, as a wife, as a woman, as a woman of color and as your sister… I am here with you and I am here for you and I thank you so much…"
Duchess Meghan looked on as Prince Harry spoke out against gender violence during a Justice Desk initiative — a workshop that teaches children about their rights, self-awareness and safety — in Nyanga township in Cape Town, South Africa, during their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 23. Harry told the crowd in part, "I wanted to ensure that our first visit as a family, with my wife by my side, focused on the significant challenges facing millions of South Africans while acknowledging the hope that we feel so strongly here." He also told the children and adults gathered, "No man is born to cause harm to women. This is learned behavior and we need to break that cycle."
Prince Harry greeted a little boy as he and Duchess Meghan visited a Justice Desk initiative — a workshop that teaches children about their rights, self-awareness and safety — in Nyanga township in Cape Town, South Africa, during their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 23, 2019.
Duchess Meghan greeted a young well-wisher as she visited a Justice Desk initiative — a workshop that teaches children about their rights, self-awareness and safety — in Nyanga township in Cape Town, South Africa, during her royal tour of Southern Africa with Prince Harry on Sept. 23.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan held hands as they arrived at a Justice Desk initiative, which teaches children about their rights and provides self-defence classes and female empowerment training to young girls in the community — in Nyanga township in Cape Town, South Africa, during their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 23.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan held hands as they arrived at a Justice Desk initiative — a workshop that teaches children about their rights, self-awareness and safety — in Nyanga township in Cape Town, South Africa, during their royal tour of Southern Africa on Sept. 23.
