Royals on Tour: Looking back a

The Prince Of Wales’S Visit To South Africa.Meeting With Nelson Mandela & The Spice Girls. . Photo: y Mark Cuthbert/UK Press / Getty Images.

Royals on Tour: Looking back at Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry and other royals in SA

Prince Harry is no stranger to South Africa! See photos of the royal family on tour in South Africa over the last couple of years.

Royals on Tour: Looking back a

The Prince Of Wales’S Visit To South Africa.Meeting With Nelson Mandela & The Spice Girls. . Photo: y Mark Cuthbert/UK Press / Getty Images.

As Prince Harry and Meghan together with their son, Archie are preparing for their first Southern Africa tour as a family, here’s a look at other royals who made a visit to South Africa over the past couple of years.

Also read: Prince Harry and Meghan’s Africa tour: A look at their itinerary for the ten-day trip

The very first royal tour of South Africa was reportedly in 1901, according to Royal Watcher Blog. The trip was undetaken during the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary)’s massive Tour of the British Empire, which started just over a month after the death of Queen Victoria, and included stops in Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Aden, Ceylon, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Canada, and Newfoundland.

Royals on Tour: Queen Elizabeth II

In March 1947, Queen Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, and (the then) Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret undertook a royal tour of South Africa. Here the King is seen making a speech in Basutoland (today’s Lesotho).

17th March 1947, Maseru, South Africa, King George VI makes a speech in the capital of Basutoland Protectorate watched by Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II)and Margaret during the Royal Tour of South Africa. Photo: Popperfoto/Getty Images.

In the following photo, the royal family is captured on film leaving Kroonstad station in the Free State.

1947: King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret (1930 – 2002) leaving Kroonstad station. Photo: Central Press/Getty Images.

The following color photo was also taken on the same tour. Here Princess Margaret, Princess Elizabeth, and King George made a visit to the National Park in KwaZulu-Natal.

King George VI (1895 – 1952) with Princesses Margaret (1930 – 2002, left) and Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) at the Natal National Park during the Royal Tour of South Africa, 22nd March 1947. Photo: Popperfoto/Getty Images.

Queen Elizabeth II also made a state visit to South Africa in March 1995.

Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a suit by Sir Hardy Amies, in Durban, during a state visit to South Africa, 25 March 1995. Crowds gather in the background to catch a glimpse of the Royal visitor. Photo: Tim Graham Photo Library/Getty Images.

Prince Charles

Here the Prince of Wales met the Spice Girls and Nelson Mandela while on tour in South Africa.

The Prince Of Wales’S Visit To South Africa.Meeting With Nelson Mandela and The Spice Girls. Photo: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press/Getty Images.

Prince Charles and Prince Harry

Prince Charles and Prince Harry were photographed in South Africa in 1997.

SOUTH AFRICA – NOVEMBER 03: Prince Charles and prince Harry in South Africa on November 03, 1997. (Photo by Chip HIRES/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Prince Harry and Prince William

Here Prince William is photographed speaking to David Beckham and Prince Harry at a Fifa World Cup reception at the Saxon Hotel in Johannesburg in 2010.

JOHANNESBERG, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 19: Prince William speaks to David Beckham (C) and Prince Harry (R) at an FA reception at the Saxon Hotel on June 19, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo: Luca Ghidoni/ Pool/Getty Images.

Prince Harry

Prince Harry is no stranger to South Africa. Here the royal met with the Archbishop, Desmond Tutu in South Africa in 2015. He and his wife, Meghan will meet with the Archbishop once more in 2019.

Also read: Desmond Tutu says meeting with Prince Harry and Meghan is a ‘privilege and honour’

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – NOVEMBER 30: Prince Harry meets the Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at the offices of The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation on the first day of his visit to South Africa on November 30, 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: Chris Radburn /WPA Pool /Getty Images.