Meghan Markle and Prince Harry embark on major 'royal tour' today amid Andrew scandal
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will be in the Middle East Today and tomorrow, February 25 and 26 as they embark on another 'royal tour'. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be visiting Jordan to join the Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO).It follows a joint engagement between Prince Harry and the Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanom, who also met up in September 2025. The pair drew attention to ground-breaking research at Imperial College London's Centre for Blast Injury Studies, emphasising the urgent need for international action to assist civilians suffering from conflict-related injuries.The Office of Prince Harry and Meghan confirmed the couple intend to back the organisation's work in highlighting Jordan's leadership role in facilitating medical evacuations for children affected by the Gaza conflict. Thousands of youngsters have been killed or wounded during Israel's military operation in Gaza, which the United Nations has classed as a genocide.Many endure life-changing injuries, including amputations, frequently with inadequate access to appropriate medical treatment. Food shortages have resulted in increasing malnutrition rates, especially amongst young children and infants.According to an IPC report, at least 1.6 million people continue to face high levels of acute food insecurity in the Gaza Strip, including over 100,000 children and 37,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women, according to WHO.The royal couple also intend to visit the regional headquarters of World Central Kitchen, from where the organisation coordinates and deploys food and humanitarian assistance into Gaza. The Duke and Duchess' tour will additionally include a visit to Questscope at the Za'atari Refugee Camp, which houses displaced Syrians, the Express reports.Throughout the visit, Harry and Meghan also aim to highlight the importance of mental health services, physical rehabilitation, and community-based support for individuals and families affected by war.The two-day agenda demonstrates a mutual dedication from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the World Health Organisation to bolster international collaboration on humanitarian health response, mental health services, and sustained recovery for communities impacted by conflict.It comes as Harry's royal relatives back in the UK have had a very chaotic start to the year, thanks to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson's scandalous association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.Neither Harry or Meghan have publicly commented on the current scandal engulfing the former Duke and Duchess of York. Andrew was arrested on February 19 last week, which fell on the same day of his 66th birthday.Get more Daily Record exclusives by signing up for free to Google’s preferred sources. Click HEREHe was taken into police custody on the Thursday morning after being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.He remained there for around 11 hours before being released later that night. While Harry has made his feelings clear about his royal relatives in the past, he has remained tight-lipped on the arrest.However, in his 2023 memoir Spare, he was one of the first to speak out about his disgraced uncle. In it, he speaks of his shock that he and Meghan were stripped of their police protection in the UK after Andrew was still being covered.Citing that his uncle was one of the primary reasons why he believed that security would never be taken by his family after his relocation to the US, he wrote: "Despite being involved in an embarrassing scandal, accused of having sexually abused a young woman, nobody had suggested removing his security. People may have a lot of grievances towards us, but sexual offences weren't one of them."Following Andrew's arrest last week, King Charles released a statement which said: "Let me state clearly: the law must take its course."Andrew has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in connection with late sex offender Epstein.
