The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are heading out on a working trip to Colombia this week, and while it's a significant moment for Prince Harry and Meghan, they're not the first royals to visit the South American country.
Harry and Meghan, who stepped back as senior working royals in 2020, have been invited to Colombia at the invitation of the country's vice president Francia Marquez.
Ms Marquez, a lawyer and human rights and environmental activist, said the pair would join her in visiting the capital Bogota, as well as the Caribbean and Pacific regions of Cartagena and Cali.
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Details of the couple’s itinerary have not yet been released, but the vice president said they would engage in several activities related to safeguarding young people online and in physical spaces.
The Duchess of Edinburgh, pictured with former Colombia First Lady, Maria Clemencia Rodriguez Munera, in London in 2016, visited Colombia in November 2023 to shine a light on women impacted by war.
Sophie whose trip came at the request of the UK Government, travelled to Bogota to champion the survivors of conflict-related sexual violence.
Princess Anne carried out official visits to Colombia in 1973, with her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, and in 1997, when she toured aid projects and met the inventor of a malaria vaccine, Manuel Elquin Patarroyo. She's pictured here with then Colombian President Ernesto Samper.
The Spanish Queen undertook a three-day state visit to Colombia in June 2023, where she learned about various Spanish cooperation projects in Guatemala.
Argentine-born Queen Maxima of The Netherlands visited Colombia in her role as United Nations Secretary General's Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development in February 2024.
The Swedish royal couple carried out an official visit to Colombia in October 2015, when Crown Princess Victoria was pregnant with her second child, Prince Oscar. Their son arrived in March 2016.
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