Prince William and Princess Kate could soon be heading Down Under with their three children, according to reports.
It follows an invitation from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during his meeting with King Charles at Balmoral Castle on the weekend.
Albanese was ‘hopeful’ and that there was a ‘standing invitation’ for Prince and Princess of Wales to visit Australia in the ‘coming period’.
‘I’m certainly hoping there will be one, there’s a standing invitation that the royal family are always welcome in Australia,’ he told reporters.
‘It was wonderful to welcome King Charles and Queen Camilla to Australia recently, that had a very successful visit and His Majesty is very engaged and I hope that the Prince and Princess of Wales are able to visit as well and we are hopeful that might occur in the coming period.’
It’s understood the royal visit will most likely happen in mid-2026, according to Sunrise royal editor Rob Jobson.
‘The period, I think, is probably going to be the summer of the UK when the kids not in school,’ he told the program on Monday.
‘I can’t see William and Kate going down to Australia leaving the kids behind.’
Prince William and Princess Kate last visited Australia in 2014 with their eldest son George, now 12, who was a baby at the time.
The three-week tour included official visits to Sydney, Uluru, and Canberra.
Their younger children Charlotte, 10, and Louis, 7, have never visited Australia.
Prince William previously visited Australia in January 2010 and 14 months later in March 2011 to meet with flood victims in Queensland and Victoria.
His first visit was as a nine-month-old when his parents Prince Charles and Princess Diana toured Australia in 1983.
More to come.
