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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, have made their way to the World Health Organization’s country office in Amman, marking the beginning of a significant two-day visit to Jordan. Their journey, initiated on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, focuses on bringing attention to the needs of communities grappling with conflict and displacement.
This visit comes at the invitation of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization. During their stay, Prince Harry, 41, and Meghan, 44, are set to engage with Jordanian leaders and top health officials. Their itinerary includes interactions with WHO teams and tours of frontline health and mental health initiatives, underscoring their commitment to global health issues.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived at the World Health Organisation’s country office in Amman
Moreover, the couple’s agenda features a meeting with staff from World Central Kitchen, who are coordinating food relief efforts for Gaza from their base in Amman. They will also spend time at Questscope’s youth centre, where they will listen to young people involved in creative and wellbeing programs. Through these engagements, the Duke and Duchess aim to amplify the voices of those working towards social development and humanitarian relief.
The pair travelled at the invitation of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization. Their programme includes meetings with Jordanian leaders and senior health officials, engagement with WHO teams, and visits to frontline health and mental health programmes.
They are also due to meet staff from World Central Kitchen co-ordinating food relief for Gaza from Amman, and to visit the social development organisation Questscope’s youth centre to hear from young people participating in creative and wellbeing programmes.
Harry and Meghan will visit initiatives they have helped fund to medically evacuate children from the war in Gaza to Jordan.
Their visit comes six years after the couple stepped down as working royals, citing personal freedom and privacy as the driving forces behind the move, which saw them settle in Montecito, California, where they have been raising their two children Archie, six, and Lilibet, four.
Their visit comes at a time of crisis for the royal family following the arrest of the former Prince Andrew, 65, on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
In May last year, Harry lost a Court of Appeal challenge over his security arrangements while in the UK.
But the Home Office is said to have ordered a full threat assessment for the first time since 2020, amid reports that Harry’s taxpayer-funded armed protection will be reinstated for visits to Britain.
Since relocating to California, the Sussexes have undertaken a number of foreign visits resembling the official tours they carried out as members of “The Firm”, the colloquial name for the royal family.
In 2021, they partnered with the World Health Organization on a global campaign to encourage vaccine equity and co-hosted a high-level event at the UN General Assembly.
Their charitable body has also worked with the organisation on its global initiative to help end violence against children.
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