Harry and Meghan will undertake their first major overseas tour together when they visit four Commonwealth nations in the Pacific region.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are following in a long line of previous royal visitors to Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand.

Royal visit to Australia and NZ – Day 14
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet Leuca the Koala during a visit to Taronga zoo in Sydney (Anthony Devlin/PA)
Royalty – Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Tour – Tonga
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh admire a tortoise, reputedly presented by Captain Cook to the King of Tonga, in the gardens of Tonga’s Royal Palace (PA)
Royalty – Prince and Princess of Wales Tour of Australia
The Prince and Princess of Wales made it snappy when they visited a crocodile farm at Noonamah, near Darwin (Ron Bell/PA)
Diana Princess of Wales visiting NSW
In 1988 Diana chatted to some surf lifesavers ahead of a competition at Terrigal Beach (PA)
ROYAL Fiji 1
The Duke of York is carried ashore by Fijian warriors on the island of Beqa (John Stillwell/PA)
Royal visit to New Zealand – Day Five
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall (centre) are serenaded with a mass haka by Maori warriors (John Stillwell/PA)
Royal visit to Australia – Day Nine
The Queen accepts an Australian Rules football given to her during a visit to the Clontarf Aboriginal College in Perth (Arthur Edwards/Sun/PA).
Royal visit to Australia and NZ – Day 19
Prince George found out that it is never too early to undertake a royal tour of Australia (Anthony Devlin/PA)
ROYAL Duke Tonga 2
The Duke of York tries some Angel hair seaweed at the Tongan fisheries research centre (John Stillwell/PA)
Royalty – Prince and Princess of Wales Tour of New Zealand
Prince William also made an early foray Down Under, here in Auckland, New Zealand with his parents (PA)
Royal tour of Australia – Day One
The Duchess of Cornwall holds a joey Kangaroo called Ruby Blue in Longreach, Australia (Chris Jackson/PA)
Royal visit to Australia and NZ – Day 16
Uluru provides the perfect backdrop for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Anthony Devlin/PA)
Royal visit to Australia and NZ – Day 14
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George look at a Bilby called George at Taronga Zoo in Sydney (Chris Jackson/PA)
Royalty – Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Tour – Fiji
Grass skirted native torchbearers run alongside the Royal car as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh drive to a State ball at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva, Fiji (PA)
Royalty – Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee – Tonga
Tongan gunners stand by to fire a salute as the Royal Yacht Britannia arrives in Tonga (Ron Bell/PA)
Royalty – Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee – New Zealand
A haka welcome from a Maori warrior at Rugby Park, Gisborne, New Zealand during a visit from the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh (PA)
Cricket – Centenary Test Match – Australia v England – Day One – Melbourne
Tony Greig introduces the Queen to the England cricket team at Melbourne’s MCG (PA)