New father Prince Harry to travel to Rome next week to play in the annual Sentebale Polo Cup

New father Prince Harry is to travel to Rome next week to play in the annual Sentebale Polo Cup.

Just weeks after welcoming his and Meghan Markle’s first baby, Archie, the Duke of Sussex will travel to Italy to raise money in a charity match, Buckingham Palace said.

The charity game will help to raise funds and awareness for Sentebale, which Harry supports as a patron.

Sentebale was founded by the Duke and Lesotho's Prince Seeiso in 2006 to help the most vulnerable children and young people in southern Africa get the support they need to lead healthy and productive lives.

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The match will see Harry play on the Sentebale St Regis team captained by Sentebale Ambassador Nacho Figueras, against a US Polo Assn team that will be captained by Malcolm Borwick.

Prince Harry’s trip comes after he and the Duchess of Sussex introduced their new son to the press.

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  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex gave the world its first glimpse of the royal baby

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  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are joined by her mother, Doria Ragland, as they show their new son, born Monday and named as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, to the Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle

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  Meghan said Harry and her son were the "best two guys in the world"

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  Their son was born in the small hours of Monday morning

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  The Queen is due to be the first royal to meet the baby

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  The Duchess said the birth of the child was "magic"

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  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex revealed the name of their son on Wednesday as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor

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Joy over the birth of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor continued almost a week after his birth as members of the royal family travelled to Frogmore Cottage.

Meghan and Harry were thrilled after their son was born at 5.26am last Monday, making him seventh in line to the throne.