It is understood that this visit was in the early stages of being planned before the Queen passed away in September.
has visited South Africa on a number of occasions since his first tour of the country. The tour included trips to Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, in 1997.
His last trip was in 2011 when along with the Queen Consort, he carried out engagements including a speech on climate change at the University of Cape Town and a visit to the Black Rhino Range expansion project in Phinda Game Reserve. They also attended the Nelson Mandela Foundation, where they were received by Graca Machel, the former president’s widow.would be a “poorer place without him.”
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