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Prince Harry made a solo surprise visit to Africa on Wednesday, prior to his upcoming trip to the United Kingdom and Germany with Meghan Markle next month.
The father-of-two traveled to the continent in his role as the President of African Parks, which is a non-profit conservation group that manages national parks across the continent. A spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex said that Harry is “welcoming and co-hosting a group of US officials, conservationists, and philanthropists as they tour protected wildlife and nature areas” during the course of his visit.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Africa in 2019. Photo: Getty
The royal assumed the role in 2017, a year after he began working with African Parks. Harry also spent three months working on several projects supporting wildlife and local communities in Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, and Botswana in 2015 along with spending time in Malawi, serving as part of the 500 Elephants project in 2016, which is one of the biggest and most significant elephant translocations in conservation history.
Prince Harry has always been open and expressed his love for the continent on several occasions. Last month, during a United Nations speech in New York as part of Nelson Mandela Day, Prince Harry talked about how Africa led him to two important women in his life. his wife, Meghan, and his mother, Princess Diana. “For most of my life, it has been my lifeline, a place where I found peace and healing time and time again,” he said. “It’s where I felt closest to my mother and sought solace after she died, and where I knew I had found a soulmate in my wife.” He also spoke about climate change during his speech in July and said “Since I first visited Africa at 13 years old, I’ve always found hope on the continent. In fact, for most of my life, it has been my lifeline.”
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