Africa is special to Harry & Meghan but duke is visiting ALONE – we’re seeing launch of his new image, expert says

PRINCE Harry could beryllium launching his "new image" oregon adjacent returning to his "old image" with his solo travel to Africa, a royal adept says.

The Duke of Sussex, 40, is taking a solo travel to Lesotho - without his woman Meghan Markle - successful bid to thrust enactment for his foundation Sentebale.

On his archetypal nighttime successful the country, helium was reunited with aged person and co-founder of Sentebale, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, astir a firepit.

The brace talked astir the charity, which supports children and young radical surviving with, oregon who are astatine hazard from, HIV.

Harry had antecedently spent 2 months successful the landlocked African kingdom during his spread twelvemonth backmost successful 2004, erstwhile helium was conscionable 19.

He launched Sentebale - which means "forget maine not" successful a saccharine motion to his parent Princess Diana - 2 years later.

Discussing Harry's caller solo appearances, including his travel to Lesotho, royal biographer Hugo Vickers told The Sun: "It could beryllium a caller image, oregon it could so beryllium the aged image.

"I mean, helium was terribly bully astatine what helium did before.

"And of course, arsenic you tin imagine, radical similar maine did not similar the Oprah Winfrey interview, did not similar the Netflix Series, did not similar the publication Spare, and each the benignant of javelins that helium threw astatine his family.

"There was thing of this astatine each this connected this caller travel to London, and indeed, connected his caller trips there's been nary contention whatsoever.

"He did so negociate to get wholly privately for the Memorial work changeable ceremonial of Lord Fellowes.

"We didn't cognize that helium was present until aft he'd left, truthful helium wasn't utilizing it successful immoderate way.

"He was, successful different words seems to beryllium putting things successful present alternatively than taking things out, and that has to beryllium a bully move."

Speaking astir Harry's travel to Lesotho, wherever he's discussing the intent of his charities, Mr Vickers said: "It's each outward looking, and that seems to maine to beryllium the main difference."

When asked whether it was a conscious determination to permission Meghan out, oregon if it's purely a coincidental, helium said: "It's precise hard to cognize precisely what's going on.

"I mean, this could beryllium a associated strategical plan, you know, to marque Prince Harry much of a fig successful his ain right.

"Because erstwhile helium goes connected these associated visits with Meghan Markle, similar erstwhile they went to Colombia, helium has looked a spot uncomfortable, a spot similar arsenic if he's a spare.

"Do not hide that Prince Charles successful his time utilized to consciousness precisely the aforesaid astir Diana.

"He was trying to marque important points, and past each the media were funny successful is what she was wearing, oregon immoderate small motion she made, oregon something."

Mr Vickers added: "So possibly this is simply a benignant of a small spot of a strikeout for Prince Harry himself.

"So it's either, conscionable to effort to beryllium wide astir it, it's either a clever strategical determination designed by some of them, oregon it's him wishing to someway re-engage his aged persona, and perchance pb to thing much constructive."

Harry and Meghan earlier this year went connected a "faux Royal" circuit to Nigeria.

The Duchess of Sussex discovered she was 43 percent Nigerian, according to a genealogy test.

After uncovering retired her ancestry, she said she rang her mum "because I wanted to cognize if she had immoderate consciousness of it".

Harry has had a agelong narration with Africa, adjacent taking his now-wife Meghan to Botswana for a camping trip arsenic 1 of their aboriginal dates.

Meghan is said to privation to “explore her ancestry and lineage".

In 2019 the mates embarked connected a circuit of confederate Africa.

The Duchess of Sussex flew with babe Archie to Johannesburg where they were aboriginal joined by Harry aft helium visited Malawi.

During the clip isolated Meghan told journalists she was struggling to header with them being apart.

The Duke has besides established a charity to assistance African orphans, Sentebale, with Prince Seeiso from Lesotho.