London: Palace officials considered a proposal to make Prince Harry the Governor-General of Australia, according to a British newspaper report.

The Sunday Times wrote that the royals had been looking at long-term plans for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after their baby – due any day – is born.

“There have been various ideas floated for them to take on a job abroad, such as governor-general of Australia or Canada,” the newspaper reported a “close confidant of the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex” had confided.

Harry and Meghan: considered for a Canberra posting. Credit:AP

However these ideas were rejected, as “senior royals are not civil servants”.