Prince Harry, Meghan visit Invictus Games competitors
LONDON —
Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan on Friday made their first public look in Europe since they gave up formal royal roles and moved to the U.S. greater than two years in the past, greeting rivals on the Invictus Video games.
The occasion got here a day after the couple visited Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Fortress, on their first joint go to to the U.Okay. since they moved to the U.S.
The couple’s workplace says they visited the 95-year-old queen, Harry’s grandmother, Thursday on their method to the Netherlands to attend the Invictus Video games. Harry is a founder and patron of the worldwide sports activities competitors for wounded army personnel and veterans.
Harry and Meghan obtained an enthusiastic welcome from cheering rivals on the video games web site in a park in The Hague. The occasion opens Saturday and runs by means of April 22.
Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior working royals and moved to North America in 2020, citing the insufferable strain of their roles and racist attitudes of the British media.
Since then Harry has made solo journeys to the U.Okay. to attend the funeral of his grandfather, Prince Philip, in April 2021 and to unveil a statue of his late mom Princess Diana final July.
The couple, also called the duke and duchess of Sussex, misplaced their taxpayer-funded police guard once they walked away, and Harry is suing the British authorities for refusing to let him pay for his personal police safety on his visits to the U.Okay. His attorneys say Harry needs to deliver his youngsters — Archie, who is sort of 3, and 10-month-old Lilibet — to go to his house nation however that it’s too dangerous with out police safety.
Harry and Meghan are anticipated to attend a reception in The Hague on Friday for the Invictus Video games, which run from Saturday to April 22.
The go to to the queen got here on Maundy Thursday, a day within the week earlier than Easter that the queen for many years marked by distributing silver cash often called “Maundy cash” to pensioners at a church service. This yr the queen, who has been experiencing mobility points in latest months and got here down with COVID-19 in February, didn’t attend. She was represented by her eldest son, Prince Charles, and his spouse Camilla.
The monarch additionally is predicted to overlook the royal household’s Easter Sunday church service. She has continued to carry out royal duties, together with digital audiences with politicians and diplomats.
