Prince William is to visit Yad Vashem and the Peres Centre for Peace on his Israel trip, as well as meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin, Kensington Palace has announced.

The  Duke of Cambridge will arrive in the evening on June 25, after visiting Jordan.

His first engagement, on the morning of June 26, will see him visit Yad Vashem – Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

Accompanied by Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, the prince will receive a short tour of the museum and meet with a survivor of the Holocaust and the Kindertransport.

He will also lay a wreath in Yad Vashem’s Hall of Remembrance.

After that, the prince will meet Mr Netanyahu and Mr Rivlin at their respective residences, before travelling to Jaffa, where he will spend time at a children’s football match hosted by two charities – the Equaliser and the Peres Centre for Peace.

Other planned stops include the Mount of Olives, where the prince’s great grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, is buried.

The itinerary says this will take place as part of the prince’s trip to the “Occupied Palestinian territories". 

He will also receive a demonstration of tech innovation, with a number of Israeli start-up firms.

A number of itinerary events have not yet been announced, although Kensington Palace described one as “a visit that we are really looking forward to”.

The programme also includes “allowing His Royal Highness to understand and pay respect to the religions and history of the region”, suggesting he might visit the Kotel and the Temple Mount. He will be staying at the King David. 

A Kensington Palace said in a statement: “The Duke considers it a great privilege to be undertaking the first ever official Royal tour of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories and to be able to help further strengthen the friendship between Jordan and the United Kingdom.

"More importantly, however, The Duke is looking forward to building a real and enduring relationship with the people of the region.

“In particular he is pleased that his programme will allow him to meet a number of people from his own generation and young Jordanians, Israelis, and Palestinians.

"His Royal Highness is looking forward to learning about their unique perspectives, but also their shared ambitions and hopes for the future.”