LONDON — After the camera crews have packed up, and Baby Sussex is no longer driving the news cycle, where will we be able to find the charismatic young family?

If the British newspapers have it right, the answer is: Africa.

A series of reports last month suggested that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their infant son may be dispatched by the palace for a stint in Africa, where they would serve as ambassadors to the Commonwealth of Nations, a loose organization of 53 countries that evolved out of the British Empire.

The Times of London reported that the assignment might keep them away from Britain for “two or three years,” but Harper’s Bazaar, a few days later, dialed it down to “a few months.”

Buckingham Palace has not confirmed or denied either report.

This sort of assignment has been given to royals before, and it serves two purposes: to shore up the Commonwealth, a voluntary grouping chiefly made up of former colonies that has been one of Queen Elizabeth’s lifelong projects; and to occupy royals who want a break from the United Kingdom, or prove too attention-grabbing or too restless.