Prince William will head to New Zealand again, but it won't be for the Rugby World Cup.
He and Kate, the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will reportedly visit next year to help ease the Queen's diamond jubilee workload.
Australia and the Caribbean are also on their list of planned stopovers.
The couple will be separated during the World Cup in September as William will be posted in the Falkland Islands for work.
Because he is unable to attend any of the games in New Zealand the country was a "priority destination" for a world tour starting in March.
The visits are planned to coincide with the jubilee – celebrating 60 years on the throne - because traditionally the Queen visits Commonwealth countries in the year of the celebrations.
But the 85-year-old has asked family members to relieve her from some travel this time, the Sun reports.
A palace official told the Sun that Kate and William were planning the minimum of official engagements to settle into married life, but the jubilee was an exception.
If the two had been here for the RWC their visit would have had to have been declared as "private" as the final falls four weeks from the general election on November 26.
The royals cannot visit a Commonwealth country in an official capacity in the weeks before an election to avoid being seen to support a political party.
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