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June 1, 2014 / 4:06 PM

Prince Harry to travel to South America

Britain's Prince Harry is to visit South America, where he'll watch World Cup games and visit an Olympics training facility.

LONDON, June 1 (UPI) -- Britain's Prince Harry has scheduled a trip to South America later this month to catch a few World Cup games and show support for the 2016 Great Britain Olympics team.

Harry is set to arrive in Brazil on June 23, where he'll watch host Brazil take on Cameroon in the World Cup. He'll also watch Britain's team take on Costa Rica the next day.

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But it's not just soccer the prince will have on tap while in South America.

He also plans to visit with patients who have neurological disabilities under going rehabilitation, as well as visit the training base to be used by Team Great Britain and Paralympics Great Britain during the Rio Olympics in 2016.

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