Prince Harry Invictus games

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The Duke of Sussex, 38, stepped out in Düsseldorf, Germany, on Saturday as the sixth installment of the event kicked off. Harry, who served in the British Army, created the Paralympics-style competition for veterans and service personnel, with the first event taking place in 2014.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex meets with the international group of volunteer categorisers ahead of the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games

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Prince Harry Invictus games

Although he’s starting the trip solo,Meghan Markleis set to join her husband in Europe soon. Last month, a spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed that Meghan, 42, will attend.

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the athletics on day two of the Invictus Games 2020 at Zuiderpark on April 17, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands.

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“I hope you’re excited,” he said. “I’m probably a little bit nervous — I’m both. But I can’t wait to see all of you and have the whole community together once again — it’s been too long.”

“You’re all on different parts of your healing journey — we all are, we always will be — but I can assure you that this experience will hopefully be life-changing, and you will come out of it a better person for sure,” he said.

Prince Harry shouted out Israel, Nigeria and Colombia for joining this year.

“I can’t wait to have every continent represented — except Antarctica. We’re still working on that,” he quipped with a smile.

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex meets with the Wheelchair Basketball Team Ukraine during day six of the Invictus Games The Hague 2020 at Zuiderpark on April 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attends the wheelchair basketball final during the Invictus Games at the Quay Centre on October 27, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on their official 16-day Autumn tour visiting cities in Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand.

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Prince Harry, who lives in California with Meghan and their children, traveled to the U.K. earlier this week. On Thursday, he attended the WellChild Awards in London, and on Friday, the first anniversary of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth’s death, he was seen at Windsor Castlevisiting her burial site.

At Thursday’s event, Prince Harry took the stage to present the award for Inspirational Child (aged 4 to 6) to Violet Seymour and gave a speech, where hespoke about his grandmother.

“As you know, I was unable to attend the awards last year as my grandmother passed away,” he said. “As you also probably know, she would have been the first person to insist that I still come to be with you all instead of going to her. And that’s precisely why I know, exactly one year on, she is looking down on all of us tonight, happy we’re together continuing to spotlight such an incredible community.”

source: people.com