Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce they will visit Colombia to 'engage with leaders and young people' and 'discover the country's rich heritage'

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will sojourn Colombia for a circuit later this twelvemonth wherever they will 'engage pinch leaders, younker and women', it was confirmed today.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will caput to South America connected an undisclosed day aft accepting an invitation from nan country's vice president Francia Márquez.

Harry and Meghan will besides 'engage successful respective activities' related to 'cyberbullying, online exploitation and nan intelligence wellness impacts of these threats'.

Ms Márquez's agency said nan mates would 'experience nan rich | practice of Colombia' and thief 'illuminate Colombia's domiciled arsenic a beacon of civilization and innovation'.

She added that nan sojourn would precede nan first Global Ministerial Conference connected Ending Violence Against Children, which will beryllium successful Colombia this November.

Ms Márquez said: 'As nan vice president of Colombia and curate of equality and equity, I americium pleased to denote that Prince Harry and Meghan, nan Duke and Duchess of Sussex, person kindly accepted my invitation to sojourn our beautiful country.

'During their trip, nan Duke and Duchess will subordinate maine successful visiting Bogotá, arsenic good arsenic nan Caribbean and Pacific regions of Cartagena and Cali.

'In these vibrant locations, they will person nan exceptional opportunity to prosecute pinch leaders, youth, and women who embody nan aspirations and voices of Colombians committed to progress. In summation to these meaningful interactions, nan Duke and Duchess will acquisition nan rich | practice of Colombia.'

She added that nan sojourn would travel astatine a 'particularly important time' fixed that it precedes nan Ending Violence Against Children conference.

Continuing, Ms Márquez said: 'The Archewell Foundation, founded by nan Duke and Duchess, is renowned for its world activity successful fostering a safer online environment.

'The forthcoming convention will unveil a broad model for creating safer beingness and integer spaces, tackling issues specified arsenic cyberbullying, online exploitation, and nan intelligence wellness impacts of these threats.

'It will connection actionable solutions and commitments for countries astir nan world. During their visit, The Duke and Duchess, arsenic good arsenic The Archewell Foundation, will prosecute successful respective activities related to this important topic.

'We are assured that their sojourn will further illuminate Colombia's domiciled arsenic a beacon of civilization and innovation.'

The UK and US governments person some issued information alerts complete travelling to Colombia. 

The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office states that it 'advises against each but basal recreation to parts of Colombia'. 

And nan US Department of State issued a recreation advisory successful January stating: 'Reconsider recreation owed to crime and terrorism. Exercise accrued be aware owed to civilian unrest and kidnapping. Some areas person accrued risk.'

The announcement coming comes aft Harry and Meghan went connected a three-day sojourn to Nigeria successful May connected nan invitation of nan main of defence staff.

The mates visited a school, met injured work members astatine a subject infirmary and attended training sessions for kindness organisation which activity pinch nan Invictus Games.

They besides went to a reception wherever subject families were honoured, and Meghan to co-hosted an arena of Women successful Leadership pinch Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, nan director-general of nan World Trade Organisation.

The couple's different engagements included a hoops campy pinch Giants of Africa, a taste reception and a polo fundraiser for Nigeria: Unconquered.

It comes aft friends of Harry claimed King Charles III is nary longer answering his estranged son's calls aliases responding to his letters arsenic their rift deepens.

The Duke and Charles past saw each different successful personification successful February erstwhile they met for 45 minutes successful London pursuing nan monarch's crab diagnosis.

But sources adjacent to Harry said their connection has worsened since amid increasing tensions complete nan Duke's conflict for his information erstwhile successful Britain.

The Duke of Sussex is said to beryllium 'frightened' astir nan information of his woman Meghan Markle and children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet - and believes nan King has nan powerfulness to intervene successful his ongoing tribunal lawsuit pinch nan Home Office .

Sources told US mag People that nan rumor of information began arsenic a constituent of vexation betwixt begetter and boy but has now developed into 'complete silence'.

A friend of Harry's said: 'He gets 'unavailable correct now'. His calls spell unanswered. He has tried to scope retired astir nan King's health, but those calls spell unanswered too.'

Decisions complete nan Duke's information are made independently of nan King by nan Executive Committee for nan Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), which is portion of nan Home Office.

Harry past visited nan UK successful May to observe nan 10th day of nan Invictus Games, but could not meet his begetter during this caller trip. The Duke's spokesperson said astatine nan clip that this was owed to nan King's 'full programme'.

The mag besides quoted sources claiming Meghan wishes Harry 'could fto spell of these lawsuits' complete their security because she wants nan Duke to beryllium 'free' and 'live successful nan moment'.

The study quoted a erstwhile worker of nan Archewell Foundation, who said: '[Meghan] wants him to beryllium free of each of this, but she besides knows that because of everything he's been done and his emotion for [her and their children], he can't. She wants him to unrecorded successful a world wherever he is not burdened by this.'