Prince Harry is determined to keep the legacy of his late mother alive.
The 35-year-old arrived in South Africa with his wife Meghan Markle, 38, and their 4-month-old son Archie for the first day of their official 10-day tour.
The Daily Mail reported on Monday the British royal will visit the Huambo Orthopedic Centre in Angola which Princess Diana of Wales toured in 1997 at age 36 before her death.
According to the outlet, Harry will make the special visit on Friday to reopen it after it was named in her honor following a revamp.
“This is all about wanting to fulfill his mother’s legacy,” a source close to the palace told the outlet. “This tour will see the Duke and Duchess go back to basics, using their profile in the right way to highlight causes they are both passionate about.”
“In a particularly significant and poignant journey, the Duke of Sussex will have the opportunity to return to Angola to see first-hand the legacy of his mother the late Diana, Princess of Wales, whose visit to Huambo in 1997 helped raise awareness of the threat posed by land mines to communities and livelihoods,” added Harry’s private secretary Samantha Cohen.
“The work of the late princess and commitment to this issue changed global opinion,” she continued. “Now, more than two decades later, humanitarian de-mining work continues and the Angolan government has made a significant financial commitment to clearing land mines from another large area important for the conservation of Angola’s unique ecosystem.”
The outlet shared that in January 1997 Diana famously walked through a landmine minefield that was being cleared by the charity Halo Trust in Huambo to highlight the plight of those maimed by military munitions. Her campaign for a global ban on mine led to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention being introduced later that year.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are visiting Africa from Sept. 23 to Oct. 2. Markle and Archie will spend the duration in South Africa while Harry will tour Angola, Malawi and Botswana before reuniting with them in Johannesburg.
