Meghan Markle and Prince Harry went on their first royal tour as a married couple to Australia and the South Pacific in October 2018 - but it wasn't without drama Prince Harry once ruffled feathers among a group of journalists with an offhand comment while returning from a royal tour with his wife, Meghan Markle . The Sussexes embarked on a trip to Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand shortly after their royal wedding, a journey that coincided with the Invictus Games taking place in Sydney that year. The tour was hailed as a success, with Meghan famously announcing her first pregnancy upon their arrival in Sydney for the 16-day tour.
However, behind the scenes, there were signs of strain, reports the Mirror . During an episode of HELLO!'s podcast, royal correspondent and author Valentine Low recounted an uncomfortable encounter between Prince Harry and the press corps travelling with them. He noted that all the royal reporters covering the tour had been away from their families for over 16 days, and said: "We were flying from Tonga back to Sydney.
And often on these tours, there comes a point towards the end, when the royal might come back to the back of the plane and have a chat with us off the record, you know, not for printing, but it's a way of making bonds. It's a way of keeping us sweet. It's a way of having informal contact.
"And we were promised that he or they would come to the back of the plane, and it didn't happen. It didn't happen and this was a four or five-ho.