THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex have released the itinerary for their trip to Africa next week.

Prince Harry and Meghan are taking baby Archie with them, marking their first official overseas tour as a family.

The trio will arrive in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday, September 23, and depart for the UK on Wednesday, October 2.

The trip is being carried out on behalf of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, according to Buckingham Palace.

Harry will also visit Malawi and Angola, and will also undertake a “working visit” to Botswana.

Here are five things to watch as Sussex mania descends on South Africa, a region Harry has called “a second home.”

Baby Archie sightings

Archie will be one of the youngest royals to travel on an official trip overseas.

He was born in May so will be nearly five months old as he joins his parents in South Africa.

Harry and Meghan are bringing Archie’s nanny with them on the trip.

Buckingham Palace has not revealed when, or if, Archie will join Harry and Meghan at official events, but there could be at least a few sightings of the young royal.

Moments tied to Princess Diana

Prince Harry will make a poignant visit to Huambo and the same location where his mother, the late Princess Diana, was famously photographed visiting a de-mining site and visiting landmine victims.

The area where Harry will visit is now a busy place with schools and shops, a far cry from the scene his mum saw in 1997.

He will be greeted in Huambo by the same official, Governor Joana Lina, who was the official host for Princess Diana’s visit, according to Buckingham Palace.

Harry will also visit the Huambo Orthopaedic Centre, which Diana visited in 1997.

“The Duke is especially proud to continue the legacy left by his mother with her work in Angola as he joins Halo Trust again in an effort to rid the world of landmines,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.

Meghan’s focus on empowering women

Fresh off the debut of Meghan’s Smart Set fashion collection designed to empower women, expect to see the duchess championing women in South Africa, too.

She is scheduled to host events focused on female entrepreneurs and leaders and women and girls’ health and education during the ten day tour.

Meghan had one of her biggest moments on the couple’s last major overseas tour, right after their 2018 wedding, when she declared “feminism is about fairness” during a speech in New Zealand.

A celebration of young people

Meghan, 38, was named in March as vice president of the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, an organisation that supports and connects young leaders in the Commonwealth, which includes countries in Africa.

Harry, 35, was named Commonwealth Youth Ambassador last year by Queen Elizabeth.

While in South Africa, the duke and duchess are expected to participate in events focused on young people and issues of concern to them, like employment, mental health and the environment.

On the environment, Harry will reveal a new initiative during the trip - the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy.

The initiative is described by Buckingham Palace as a “three-country partnership which he designed and consulted with Governments on in Namibia, Botswana and Angola to protect forest and wildlife corridors around the Okavango Delta.”

Harry and Meghan’s personal attachment to Africa

Africa is where Harry whisked Meghan away a few weeks after the couple’s first date in 2017.

“I managed to persuade her to come and join me in Botswana and we camped out with each other under the stars,” Harry said in a post-engagement interview last year.

“She came and joined me for five days out there, which was absolutely fantastic, so then we were really by ourselves, which I think was crucial to me to make sure we had a chance to get to know each other.”

Harry, who established his charity, Sentebale, in the African country of Lesotho in 2006, also included a piece of Botswana in Meghan’s engagement ring.

The main stone in Meghan’s ring is sourced from Botswana, while the diamonds surrounding it are from the jewellery collection of Harry’s mother.

Harry has also said in previous interviews that Africa will always have sentimental value to him because it is where he and Prince Charles and Prince William went to “get away from it all” after Diana’s death in 1997.

The Duke of Sussex and Oprah Winfrey’s series addressing mental health will tell tales of the “human spirit fighting back from the darkest places”.

Harry and Winfrey will be co-creators and executive producers of the project for Apple’s streaming service which will launch next year.

The Queen of daytime TV and the Duke of Sussex have met a number of times to discuss the project, with a production team consisting of Asif Kapadia, who directed Senna and Amy, Dawn Porter and Kahane Cooperman, according to the Daily Telegraph.

The Duke opened up about his struggles with mental health in the paper in 2017, saying he sought counselling after two years of “total chaos” having spent nearly 20 years “not thinking” about the death of his mother.

Speaking to the paper, Harry said: “When I did your podcast two years ago the response made me realise what an impact sharing my story could have, and what an impact other stories can have for so many who are suffering silently.

“If the viewers can relate to the pain and perhaps the experience, then it could save lives, as we will focus on prevention and positive outcomes.

“What I have learnt and I continue to learn in the space of mental health, mental illness and self-awareness is that all roads lead back to our mental wellbeing, how we look after ourselves and each other.”