LAHORE: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will embark on their first high-profile royal visit to Pakistan.
The Queen’s grandson, 37, plans to “honour” his mother’s humanitarian work during the visit to the country.
Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a Paris car crash in 1997, also visited Pakistan a number of times through her charity work.
Shortly before her death, the late Princess visited Lahore to attend a fundraising event at a cancer hospital built by her friend Jemima Goldsmith’s then-husband, the former cricketer and currently the nation’s Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The five-day royal tour between October 14 and 18 to the country described by Kensington Palace as their “most complex” tour to date.
“Details of the trip are being kept under wraps for security, but the couple, who will travel without their three children will meet Pakistan’s President, Arif Alvi, and Prime Minister, Imran Khan, whom the Duke has known since his childhood,” The Sunday Times reported.
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