The Duke of Sussex and The Invictus Games: 2014 and 2016-2018, 2020


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LIBOR funds to support first Invictus Games in London-
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Prince Harry launches the Invictus Games today, an inspirational sporting event for wounded military personnel pic.twitter.com/Ib5QQLIO5p​
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Prince Harry is launching an international sporting event called the #invictusgames @invictuslondon at the Olympic Park this morning​
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Prince Harry joins in with a game of sitting down volleyball at the launch of the Invictus games pic.twitter.com/FCEdOMtfSK​
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Prince Harry on the Invictus Games in September: It will be wonderful event. So please come pic.twitter.com/16JPaND69n​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKGrY7IPrOU
 
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Prince Harry has announced that the Warrior Games will be coming to London in September 2014. The Prince attended the Warrior Games in Aspen, Colorado last May, where he took part in the torch lighting ceremony. After the experience, Harry has been trying to bring the games to the UK. Shows: Prince Harry SOT, Philip Hammond, Defence Minister SOT, Captain David Henson SOT. .
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Prince Harry has spoken about his reasons for wanting to bring the Warrior Games to the UK. He said that it gives the wounded servicemen something to focus on, and also helps to rehabilitate them. Harry attended the Warrior Games in Aspen, Colorado last May-
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Prince Harry will be on tonight's #TheOneShow talking to Matt Baker and @MissAlexjones about @InvictusLondon . pic.twitter.com/iM6CEGwVrH​
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Matt and Alex enjoy an exclusive royal chinwag with Prince Harry, who reveals his plans for an exciting new UK sporting event for injured veterans-​
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Harry looks very Earl Spencer-ish in some of these photos.
 
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Prince Harry has attended the selection process to be part of the British Armed Forces team at the Invictus Games. The event will be hosted in London, where over 300 wounded and sick service personnel will take part-
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AdmirerUS said:
And the poor, gutted thing did not break down into tears once. :cry: Just joshing. I feel for anyone who goes through a breakup in public (or private, for that matter).
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Hahaha! Well, he either was really not gutted or put on a mighty good show. What a pro!;)
 
Richard Palmer ‏@RoyalReporter 4h
Prince Harry's just made a speech, thanking BT after it was announced the telecoms giant is sponsoring this year's Invictus Games.

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"The four days of inspirational sport in September will allow us to highlight and applaud the character of these service men and women..

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"I hope everyone will show their admiration by snapping up tickets when they go on sale tomorrow morning and cheering from the side lines."

Invictus Games 2014 ‏@InvictusLondon 4h
Hope everyone will get behind #invictusgames. Great opportunity to support and thank the men and women who have given so much. Harry

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Prince Harry's quite a big fan of Twitter privately so I don't believe that was his first tweet ever but it was his first official one. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0z1nWuVdRQ
 
Watching that video I laughed when he took his papers out of his pocket. Was it because he couldn't think of what to type or because he wanted to know how to spell it? hahahaha!:lol:
 
:previous: Well of course we all know he is stuck for an original thought and of course he doesn't know how to spell . . . his ex nanny sat his Apache training course for him! :D
 
Invictus Games 2014 ‏@InvictusLondon 4h
Just finished latest Board meeting. Great day of planning for #invictusgames. Only 111 days to go and 16 Wednesdays until they start. Harry
 
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Invictus Games 2014 ‏@InvictusLondon 4h
Just finished latest Board meeting. Great day of planning for #invictusgames. Only 111 days to go and 16 Wednesdays until they start. Harry
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Did he type that up all by himself? :lol:
 
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BBC Radio 2 #ChrisEvans says tomorrow morning between 8-8.30am he will broadcast an interview with #PrinceHarry on @InvictusLondon
 
YouTube would be your best bet.
 
Harry and William made a surprise visit to the Invictus Games trials today. From Twitter

Invictus Games 2014 ‏@InvictusLondon 11 mins
Surprising our #InvictusGames Athletes, the Duke of Cambridge & Prince Harry attend trials. Stay tuned for more... http://t.co/Tp5HffB6vw
 
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Harry and William made a surprise visit to the Invictus Games trials today. From Twitter

Invictus Games 2014 ‏@InvictusLondon 11 mins
Surprising our #InvictusGames Athletes, the Duke of Cambridge & Prince Harry attend trials. Stay tuned for more... http://t.co/Tp5HffB6vw
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That is wonderful! And I love the picture. The 2 brothers doing what they do best- being with others.
 
Oh great! So glad they both turned up. Excellent cause.


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Prince Harry has revealed the 'horrendous' sights he witnessed during his two tours of Afghanistan and explained that the harrowing experience was his inspiration for launching the Invictus Games.
The Royal, a Captain in the Army, regularly flew injured personnel and civilians to the hospital at the Camp Bastion military base during his second tour of the country when he served as an Apache helicopter pilot.
He told how he could close his eyes 'and hundreds of images' would flash through his mind - among them memories of children struck by roadside bombs and of wounded soldiers lying on the battlefield.
Writing in the Sunday Times, he said the question of how to move on from the painful memories - and injuries - of war was one that he had often considered. And shared that he thinks sport might be the answer.
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Prince Harry recalls horrors of war as he explains inspiration for Invictus Games | Mail Online
 
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Prince Harry attended the British Armed Forces Team announcement for the Invictus Games at Potters Field Park, London. The 100+ strong team was announced with a photo call at Potters Field ahead of the start of the start of the games on the 10th September. Harry made a speech then posed for photographs with British team members before chatting with the injured ex service personnel-
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Prince Harry urges British team to 'beat everybody else' in Invictus Games - Telegraph
13 August 2014

Prince Harry urges British team to 'beat everybody else' in Invictus Games
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The ultra-competitive Prince Harry has urged Britain’s team to “beat everybody else” when they take on other nations’ injured servicemen at the inaugural Invictus Games next month. The 29-year-old Prince spent more than an hour chatting to team members and posing for selfies as the 130-strong team was announced today.

He told them: “Guys and girls, I wish you all the very best of luck in the final weeks of training. We've got four weeks left, let's make sure we're in tip top condition to beat everybody else and bring back as many medals as we possibly can - not forgetting it's the taking part that counts!”

The Paralympics-style Games, which begin on September 10, have been organised by Prince Harry for wounded service personnel from 14 countries, and will be held at the Olympic Park in east London.

Standing in the sunshine next to City Hall on the south bank of the Thames, the Prince had to show his own speed out of the blocks when a gust of wind blew his speech off the lectern. He swiftly retrieved it and told his laughing audience: “No blowing from the left, thank you!” Flanked by cars supplied by the Games sponsor, Jaguar Land Rover, the Prince said: “Prosthetics, dogs, wheelchairs, high-performance cars, 4x4s, tattoos - we've got everything here. It could only be the Invictus Games. These men and women here have achieved so much already but being selected for this team is another significant milestone in their life beyond injury."
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L/Cpl Derek Derenalagi, of 2nd Bn, The Mercian Regiment, who competed in the discus event at the London 2012 Paralympics, will throw the discus and shot as well as running in the 100m and 200m on blades. He said: “The Invictus Games is engaging servicemen and women to achieve things that weren’t possible for them to achieve before. Most of my colleagues won’t make it to the Paralympics but the Invictus Games will give them a chance to compete and for the public to thank them for their contribution...To be part of the first Invictus Games is a real honour.”

The 39-year-old married father-of-two, from Hertfordshire, was pronounced dead after losing both legs to an improvised explosive device (IED) in Helmand Province in 2007, but medical staff at Camp Bastion realised he still had a pulse as he was being prepared for a body bag.
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