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Prince Harry to visit Australia to celebrate Invictus Games

Prince Harry is heading back to Australia next month.

Kensington Palace confirmed on Tuesday night that the royal will visit Sydney in "early June".

"Prince Harry will attend events to celebrate the city's hosting of the 2018 Invictus Games, the international sporting competition for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women founded by the prince in 2014," a spokesperson said.

He will stop in Singapore on his way to Sydney, to take part in a charity polo match, the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup.

Sentebale is a charity Harry established with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006. The organisation provides psychological support for children living with HIV in Southern Africa.

Lesotho is one of the world's poorest countries. One third of its children are orphans.

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Harry visited and volunteered around the African kingdom in 2004 during his gap year.

His latest trip south will be the prince's second official visit to Australia in two years.

The former Captain Wales was last in Sydney in 2015 on secondment with the Australian Army.

In between military training exercises he also took the time to greet more than 500 well wishers on the steps of the Opera House.

He will return in 2018 for the Invictus Games which will be held around the harbour and Sydney Olympic Park.