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Prince Harry and Meghan plane landing aborted

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A plane carrying Prince Harry and Meghan had its landing aborted due to traffic congestion at Sydney Airport.

The aircraft was coming in to land at about 8am when another plane was spotted on the runway and the pilot decided it was too close to touch down.

The pilot diverted the the charter jet around Sydney Harbour before finally landing safely.

A message from the flight deck said: "There was an aircraft on the runway a little slow to roll… so the decision was taken to abort the landing."

Valerie Hamill, Sky News Royal producer, was on the flight with Prince Harry and Meghan.

She said: "It was described by the pilot as a missed approach. A plane that had already landed on the runway had not taxied off the runway sufficiently for us to land.

"We were on a Qantas flight. It was quite early in the descent that the pilot decided to go back up. We circled around and were on the ground within 10 minutes.

Image: Harry and Meghan are on day 11 of their 16-day tour of Australia and the South Pacific

"It was not scary, it was fine.

"The pilot apologised for missing the approach and explained that it was due to the other plane. He joked that we'll, 'get another great view of the harbour'.

"No-one was concerned, the move was jovial on board. We'd all had a lovely flight. At no point was there any question of our safety."

The royal couple are visiting Australia and the Kingdom of Tonga.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were seen laughing as they were serenaded with a song about mosquitoes during a visit to the oldest school in the Pacific.

The royal couple visited an exhibition of Tongan handicrafts
Image: The royal couple visited an exhibition of Tongan handicrafts

The Tupou College boys' choir sang a tune complete with flying actions and buzzing noises.

Harry and Meghan were there to dedicate two of the school's rainforest tracts to the Queen's Commonwealth Canopy.

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The aim of the song was to frighten off any mosquitoes that may have been flying around.

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