Prince Harry quashes rumour about honeymoon with wife Meghan Markle
PRINCE Harry has quashed rumours he took his new wife Meghan to Namibia for their honeymoon.
The couple had been tipped to travel to Namibia thanks to the 33-year-old royal's strong ties to southwest Africa.
But Prince Harry put the rumour to bed during a chat with Mavis Elias, a philanthropist from Namibia, at the Queen's Young Leaders Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, .
The Love Is Charity founder asked Harry if he visited her home country and he responded: "No, we didn't go to Namibia."
And the royal seemed keen to keep the real destination under wraps.
Gesturing to listening media as he added: "I'm not going to say where."
Namibia had been hotly tipped as a possible honeymoon destination for the couple.
Harry and Meghan had been expected to stay at the in Kaokoland for the romantic getaway after marrying at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
Harry is a big fan of the country - after spending time there with ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy in 2006, as part of the Army in 2008 and working on conservation projects in 2015.
And he also spent a significant length of time in neighbouring Botswana with Meghan, with the couple even celebrating Prince Harry's birthday there.
The Sun revealed last year that the couple actually decided to wed while on the romantic holiday in Botswana in 2017.
The loved-up pair committed to marriage when they were camping under the stars in the African wilderness, just a year after they started dating.
For Meghan's first ever safari, the pair stayed in a luxurious tented bush camp at Meno a Kwena, boasting incredible views over the Boteti River and African bush.
Harry later said of the trip: "Going on holiday together in the middle of nowhere and sharing a tent together and all that kind of stuff.
"It was fantastic."
Harry even sourced the main stone in the engagement ring he gave to Meghan from Botswana, which is one of the world’s most renowned places for diamond mining.
The couple may well have still travelled to another part of Africa for their honeymoon.
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Prince Harry has previously revealed his affinity with Africa - even missing his niece Princess Charlotte's christening in order to help with anti-poaching efforts in Namibia.
While on his trip he slept outside in the bush, telling one of his colleagues: "I've come all the way to Africa to be free. I’m taking my bedroll and I’m sleeping by the fire."
Other possible destinations included Barbados and Tuscany.
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