Prince Harry has opened up in a emotional new video concerning the ‘therapeutic energy of sport’ forward of subsequent 12 months’s Invictus Video games.
The Duke of Sussex launched the message on the official account for the 2025 Video games to be held in Vancouver, Canada, this afternoon on X, previously Twitter.
He instructed viewers: ‘Sport has the flexibility to heal, to vary lives and to avoid wasting lives.’
Harry is patron of the Invictus Video games which he established in 2014 as a global adaptive multi-sport occasion for wounded, injured, and sick servicemen and girls.
Each serving troops and veterans are inspired to compete as a part of their restoration journeys.
Prince Harry opened up in a brand new video concerning the ‘therapeutic energy of sport’ forward of subsequent 12 months’s Invictus Video games scheduled to be held in Vancouver, Canada
The video selling subsequent 12 months’s Video games incorporates a compilation displaying earlier rivals
Prince Harry and his then-girlfriend and now-wife Meghan are seen right here attending the wheelchair tennis on the Invictus Video games in 2017, additionally in Canada however in Toronto
Harry added in his direct deal with within the 117-second video: ‘For thus many of those rivals, attending to the beginning line has been one of many hardest moments of their life.
‘However on the Video games, their lives are modified. Watching these magical moments occur, and sport being the facilitator of that, could be very, very particular for all of us to witness.’
Earlier this summer season the prince hailed the wounded, injured and sick serving UK personnel and veterans who’re to participate within the 64-strong squad, made up of 60 rivals and 4 reserves.
They had been named as Crew UK for what known as the Invictus Video games Vancouver Whistler scheduled to be held subsequent February.
Prince Harry stated in July: ‘Congratulations to these chosen for Crew UK for our first-ever Winter Invictus Video games in Vancouver Whistler subsequent February.
‘Crew UK will be a part of over 500 rivals from throughout 20 nations on this groundbreaking occasion that expands the vary and profile of winter adaptive sports activities.
‘These video games current an unimaginable alternative for our brave service personnel and veterans to reveal their abilities in new challenges like alpine snowboarding, snowboarding and skeleton, in addition to offering a really memorable expertise for his or her households.
‘We’re excited to see their ardour, dedication, and resilience on full show as they tackle this new chapter.’
Subsequent 12 months’s Invictus Video games in Vancouver would be the first Invictus Video games to incorporate winter sports activities.
The Duke of Sussex is patron of the Invictus Video games which he established in 2014
The shifting new video posted in the present day on the official X account for the 2025 Invictus Video games featured individuals from earlier tournaments in addition to their households
The Duke of Sussex is pictured sliding down the monitor on a skeleton sled throughout an Invictus Video games coaching camp Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, slides down the monitor on a skeleton sled throughout an Invictus Video games coaching camp in February
Prince Harry, pictured along with his spouse Meghan, has stated he’s excited to see ‘ardour, dedication and resilience’ of the UK squad for the primary Invictus Video games with winter sports activities
Prince Harry on the Invictus Video games One 12 months To Go Occasion in February in Whistler, Canada
Crew UK captain, Stephen ‘Hoops’ Hooper, is returning for his second Invictus Video games after competing in powerlifting and sitting volleyball at Dusseldorf in 2023.
Hooper, who served within the RAF and was recognized with PTSD earlier than being medically discharged in 2021, stated: ‘To be chosen for Crew UK once more was overwhelming in itself, however to be captain as properly, is a privilege.
‘I gained rather a lot from the entire Crew UK expertise final time round, I’ve gone from standing within the nook of a room and never speaking to anyone, to discovering my voice once more.
‘And that is what I need to do for others this time – be sure that each member of Crew UK comes collectively and takes these steps ahead of their restoration.’
