The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are visiting New York’s One World Trade Centre on Thursday.

Prince Harry and Meghan will join New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor of New York State Kathy Hochul at the skyscraper’s observatory.

One World Trade Centre was built on the site of the original twin towers and the visit comes just two weeks after the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

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To mark the anniversary earlier this month, Harry and Meghan paid tribute by changing the homepage of the Archewell website to display the names of the almost 3,000 people who lost their lives.

The outing marks the Sussexes’ first in-person event since welcoming their daughter, Lilibet, in June.

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The couple will also attend the 24-hour broadcast Global Citizen Live being staged in New York’s famous Central Park and around the world.

It is part of a number of shows being held in cities as varied as London to Lagos by the organisation Global Citizen, with artists like Ed Sheeran, Sir Elton John, Kylie Minogue, Metallica and Coldplay scheduled to perform.

Ahead of their first appearance in New York, Harry’s sustainable tourism initiative, Travalyst announced that Google will be joining its coalition as a partner alongside existing partners, including Booking.com, Skyscanner, Trip.com Group, Tripadvisor, and Visa.

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