Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Africa royal tour day 2 - NEWS.com.au

The Duchess of Sussex has rocked up to a windy South African beach wearing a very rare item of clothing for a royal to be spotted in - a denim jacket.

The Madewell jacket is reportedly her favourite denim piece and has been in her wardrobe since 2017. She paired it with a white shirt and black trousers from her own Smart Set range launched earlier this month.

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The Duchess also wore sunnies from Le Specs and carried a large tote bag for the second day of their visit. Prince Harry was similarly casually dressed in a dark green long-sleeve shirt, casual grey trousers and Adidas sneakers.

The couple travelled to Monwibisi Beach to see the work of Waves for Change, a community organisation that promotes wellness through surfing by supporting local surf mentors to provide mental health services to young people in communities impacted by violence and conflict.

They met young people, and did some more circle dancing, as well as meeting Dr Thomas Maes, of the Commonwealth Litter Programme who is working to tackel plastic waste in the oceans.

On Tuesday afternoon, Prince Harry, who counts being Captain General of the Royal Marines among his royal duties, will then meet up with members of South Africa’s Maritime Police Unit before rejoining Meghan for a visit to South Africa’s oldest mosque.

The couple’s royal tour kicked off yesterday with the Duchess drawing huge cheers as she delivered a powerful speech Nyanga. Speaking just outside Cape Town on Monday, the 38-year-old Duchess told the audience they were “vital” and “extraordinary”.

“And just 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 colour and as your sister,” she said.

During their three days together in Cape Town, the couple will visit social and environmental projects and meet Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a prominent anti-apartheid activist, as well as faith representatives and young leaders.

Harry will then travel alone to Botswana, Angola and Malawi, where he will do everything from planting trees in a natural reserve and witnessing an anti- poaching exercise to visiting HIV/AIDS projects.

An emotional highlight is expected to come in the Angolan province of Huambo, where he will visit the location of an iconic picture of Princess Diana taken at a de-mining site in 1997, as well as an orthopaedic centre she visited that will be renamed in her honour.

Harry will reunite with Meghan in South Africa on October 1, one day before they wrap up their trip in Johannesburg.

British media have reported that the couple could at some point consider moving to Africa, a continent they are both known to be particularly fond of. Harry took Meghan to Botswana soon after they first met.

“Africa (is) a region of the world that over the past two decades has been a second home to me,” Harry wrote on Instagram a few weeks before the trip, which is their first official tour as a family.

The couple, recently criticised for taking several flights on a private jet, chose to take a commercial flight for this trip.

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