Harry and Meghan touch down in Australia on a commercial flight as four-day tour begins – and calls grow for no taxpayer support for the millionaire couple

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have touched down in Australia for a four-day tour of Melbourne and Sydney.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were on Qantas flight QF94 from Los Angeles, which touched down at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport at 6.38am on Tuesday.

It’s understood they were in seats 3E and F, Sunrise reported.

The couple were met by a private convoy on the tarmac.

‘It wasn’t until we got off the plane that we realised it was them,’ a US traveller on the same flight told The Age.

Harry and Meghan will visit Melbourne and Sydney during their four day tour.

The visit will ‘focus on mental health, community resilience, and support for veterans and their families, alongside private meetings and special projects’.

Harry and Meghan will also take part in private commercial engagements separate from a program of public-facing visits.

Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has blasted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, amid speculation taxpayers will foot some of the bill for their Melbourne visit.

She called on the state government to intervene government, amid mounting calls for the couple to reimburse Victoria Police for any additional security provided.

‘Victoria Police are there to provide security and safety for Victorians,’ Wilson said.

‘They are funded by the taxpayer and we are standing here today talking about the fact that they are under-resourced.

‘So any suggestion that officers are going to be pulled off duty to provide security and protection for Harry and Meghan’s visit is absolutely unacceptable, and the government needs to rule out that this is occurring.’

Libertarian MP David Limbrick added: ‘If people want to spend thousands of dollars on former royals, that’s fine.’

‘But Victorian taxpayers should not be on the hook to provide the security of millionaires.’