Meghan Markle and Prince Harry could be joined by new family member on Australia tour
MEGHAN MARKLE will be joining her husband Prince Harry on their first official tour overseas this October to Australia. However, the pair could be joined by their newest family member.
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Meghan Markle, 37, will be visiting Australia and New Zealand later this year with Prince Harry, 33.
As part of their first overseas tour, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will visit the Pacific islands of Fiji and Tonga as well.
It will also coincide with the Invictus Games in Sydney, which was founded by Prince Harry.
The pair could decide to go on the trip with their new addition to the family.
Therefore, if Meghan fell pregnant before their trip in two months time, she would not be able to travel there due to the risk
The royal couple have reportedly adopted a dog together, choosing a Labrador from a rescue home.
According to a source from the Daily Mail, the dog is already living at their cottage where they live.
The dog will join Meghan’s beagle, Guy, who she brought over from the US when she moved to the country.
Meghan could decide to bring the new pet with them on tour in October.
However, Australia has strict rules in regards to taking pets and foreign animals into the country.
A strict quarantine of 10 days must be followed for the pet, who first fly to Melbourne, and can cost thousands of dollars per animal.
It is one of the toughest places to take animals, due to the strict rules and regulations. New Zealand also has similar laws.
The source who revealed the new family member said: “The dog will divide its time between the palace and their country home in the Cotswolds,” so it will be able to be looked after wherever they are.
With New Zealand being so far, however, the pet will most likely stay at home when the pair travel on their overseas tour.
The areas they are travelling to also have a current health risk; Fiji and Tonga currently have a Zika virus warning from the UK Foreign Office. It is not yet known if it can harm pets although the disease could be carried by them.
Kate Middleton and Prince William’s dog, Lupo, has regularly been part of the official family photographs released by the couple.
However, the dog also stays in the UK when the pair travel on long trips overseas.
Queen Elizabeth is known to be a huge animal lover, having lived with a number of her own corgis.
However, earlier this year in April her last corgi, Willow, was put down.
The Queen still has two dorgis - a dachshund-corgi mix - called Vulcan and Candy, after Princess Margaret's dachshund Pipkin mated with one of the Queen’s corgis.