Baby Archie off to South Africa! Here's where other royal kids went for their first international trip

Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, all of four months is currently in Africa with his parents Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, here are other royal children's first official international visits.

Prince George
The third in line to the British throne took his first trip to Australia and New Zealand at nine months of age. Prince George accompanied his parents Prince William and Kate Middleton on their tour Down Under in 2014. The three weeks tour started in Wellington and ended in Canberra. Off the plane, the young royal had met with then Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key. He even met and played with babies his age at a playgroup in New Zealand which was his first royal engagement. In Australia, the youngster celebrated his first Easter at Taronga Zoo where a bilby enclosure and a bilby were named after Prince George.




Princess Charlotte
The fourth in line to the British throne took her first official trip abroad when she was over a year old. Princess Charlotte accompanied her parents Prince William and Kate Middleton as well as brother Prince George to Canada in September 2016. The family was greeted as they got off the plane by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie. On the eight days trip, there was a play date for the royal children at the Government House in Victoria with children of the Canadian military personnel.



Princess Elisabeth
The heir to the Belgian throne undertook her first official international trip at 17. Princess Elisabeth, unlike her British counterparts was a teenager when she went to Kenya on a UNICEF mission in June this year. The Duchess of Brabant as she is officially known joined her mother Queen Mathilde for a three day trip. They visited a refugee camp and met the Maasai people.

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⁣ ⁣ L’Académie de football d’Acakoro, soutenue par l’UNICEF, vise le développement intégral de l’enfant par la pratique du sport. Les enfants les plus démunis y bénéficient non seulement d’un encadrement sportif professionnel mais leur parcours scolaire et leur développement en tant que citoyen sont également au centre du projet pédagogique. Acakoro accueille plus de 150 enfants, dont quatre équipes de garçons et deux équipes de filles. Lors de cette visite, des maillots de nos Diables Rouges ont été remis aux enfants.⁣ —————⁣ Acakoro Football Academy, ondersteund door UNICEF, richt zich op de integrale ontwikkeling van het kind door het beoefenen van sport. De meest kwetsbare kinderen ontvangen ook ondersteuning in hun educatieve ontwikkeling. Acakoro ondersteunt in totaal meer dan 150 kinderen, waaronder vier jongensteams en twee meisjesteams. Tijdens dit bezoek worden ook enkele truitjes van de Rode Duivels aan de kinderen overhandigd.⁣ —————⁣ Acakoro Football Academy, supported by UNICEF, focuses on the integral development of the child through sport. The most disadvantaged children also receive educational support. Acakoro supports more than 150 children, including four boy teams and two girl teams. During this visit Belgian Red Devil's jerseys are handed out to the children.⁣ ⁣ @acakoro_academy_ @belgianreddevils @unicef @unicefbelgium @unicefkenya #RoyalvisitUNICEFKenya #youngadolescents #genU #generationUnlimited #youthchallenge #empowerment #BelgianRoyalPalace #MonarchieBe⁣ ⁣ 📸 Belga

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Seventeen month Prince Louis of Cambridge also is yet to follow the jet setting ways of his older siblings who had both undertaken a trip abroad at this age.

Other royal children like Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella of Monaco, Princess Leonor and Princess Sofia of Spain, Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar of Sweden as well as Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane of the Netherlands have all not yet undertaken their first official international tours.