Meghan and Harry arrive in Australia for first overseas tour
Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex walk with Australia's Governor General Peter Cosgrove and his wife Lynne Cosgrove at Admiralty House during their visit in Sydney, Australia October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Pool
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle landed in Australia on Monday a day before the official start of their first overseas tour as a married couple.
It is the second tour of Australia by the younger generation of royals, after Prince William, Kate and their eldest son, George, visited in 2014.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to ride a ferry across Sydney Harbour past the Opera House on Tuesday, as well as watch an indigenous contemporary dance troupe and see koalas at the Taronga Zoo. The couple will meet farmers affected by a severe drought on Wednesday.
Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex at Admiralty House during their visit in Sydney, Australia October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Pool
Their trip coincides with the Invictus Games to be held in Sydney from October 20-27. The games founded by Harry are an international paralympic-style event for military personnel wounded in action.
Harry and Meghan will also visit New Zealand and the South Pacific islands of Tonga and Fiji during their tour.
Australia, a constitutional monarchy whose head of state is the British monarch, voted in 1999 against becoming a republic.
Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex pose with Australia's Governor General Peter Cosgrove and his wife Lynne Cosgrove at Admiralty House during their visit in Sydney, Australia October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Pool
Support for a republic hovered around 50 percent in a January poll, a level largely unchanged in recent years, and there is little appetite to put the issue back on the agenda.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who took the top job in August after a backbench revolt ousted predecessor Malcolm Turnbull, is a constitutional monarchist.
Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex are welcomed by Australia's Governor General Peter Cosgrove and his wife Lynne Cosgrove at Admiralty House during their visit in Sydney, Australia October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Pool
(Reporting by Melanie Burton; editing by Darren Schuettler)
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