Prince Harry pays Australia another visit

2003: GAP YEAR ANTICS

* Prince Harry was 19 when he came to Australia for three months as part of an educational gap year

* He worked with cattle at Tooloombilla station, southern Queensland, which was owned at the time by the late Princess Diana's friend Annie Hill and her husband Noel

2013: REAL BUSINESS

* It was the popular royal's first official visit

* During the two-day visit to Perth and Sydney, he represented the Queen at the International Fleet Review and visited the SAS headquarters in Perth

* The Fleet Review marked 100 years since the Royal Australian Navy fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour.

* He met with then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his family for a party at Kirribilli House.

2015: REPORTING FOR AUSSIE DUTY

* Prince Harry came to Australia as part of a month-long army secondment. It cost approximately $115,000

* He was winding up his 10 years with the British Army by spending a month on attachment with Aussie troops in Perth and Darwin

* During the trip he paid tribute to diggers who served in Afghanistan, trained with special forces and patrolled with Aboriginal soldiers

* He also surprised the residents of a small Aboriginal outback town by rocking up unannounced in military uniform

2017: INVICTUS GAMES PREPARATION

* The 32-year-old will cast his eye over preparations for the games that will kick off in October next year

* His return to Sydney comes just three months before the 20th anniversary of the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in a Paris car crash