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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, on their first
overseas tour since the birth of their first child, started
their tour of South Africa on Monday in a township known as the
country's "murder capital".
Harry will later in the trip rekindle memories of the couple's
courtship in Botswana and of his mother Diana in Angola.
Prior to Monday's event, Meghan, a former actress, had only one
official engagement since giving birth to son Archie in May.
Waves for Change (W4C), founded by avid surfer Tim Conibear as a
small surfing club in Masiphumelele township in 2009, uses
surfing as a way to build trust and confidence among youth
living in poor and violent communities.
After visiting the W4C compound, which also houses the Lunchbox
Fund charity benefiting from public donations made when the
royals' son Archie Mountbatten Windsor was born, Harry will meet
members of Cape Town city's marine unit to learn more of their
efforts in fighting rampant abalone poaching along the Cape
Peninsula.
Harry, Queen Elizabeth's grandson and sixth in line to the
throne, has been visiting southern Africa for two decades for
holidays and conservation work.
He will travel on alone for a working visit to Botswana, where
the couple went shortly after they began dating in July 2016 and
returned in 2017 for a romantic getaway to celebrate Meghan's
36th birthday.
Harry then heads to Angola, visiting the landmine clearance
project that featured in some of the most famous photographs of
his late mother, Princess Diana.
He ends the solo section of his tour in Malawi, where he will
meet President Peter Mutharika, before rejoining Meghan and
Archie in South Africa for another township visit, this time
near Johannesburg.
(Reporting by Wendell Roelf; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
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