Prince Harry.
(Photo from Getty)Have passed a decade since Prince Harry Connected and launched the Invictus games to assist the wounded or damaged service personnel and veterans through the sport.
And in a new interview in Daily Show with JJ ChalmersWhich fell on Friday, February 14, Duke of Sussex shared why he believes the event is as important as ever 11 years after its debut.
“With her appearance, she will always need these games,” Harry, 40, told Hostin Chalmers. “It was naive to assume – or to hope – that games would not have to be anything longer than perhaps those three years to help everyone outside the back of Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.”
The event has continued to increase since its first repetition in March 2014, which presented about 400 competitors from 13 nations. In 2025, there are up to 550 people out of more than 20 seats competing in the Invictus games, which are being held in Vancouver and Whistler from February 8 to 16.
Prince Harry is preparing for another “extraordinary” games invitts. The 2025 games will take place from Saturday, February 8, on Sunday, February 16, in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada. Dominic Reid, the Director General of the Invictus Games Foundation, withdrew for the event for personnel injured or injured during an interview with people published Wednesday, (…)
“I think now that we have grown up in 23 nations, inevitably, even if you have only five percent of those competitive nations in a form of a conflict, then you will continue to need it … You will continue to continue to You need games, ”Harry explained.
Duke added that his biggest concern is to preserve momentum and continue the help of military and women after the physical event is over.
Prince Harry.
(Photo from Getty)“I think one of the hardest things is concern … What happens after games?” Harry added. “And we have always talked about the decline of this amazing atmosphere we create, this experience, these memories that have been made for a life.”
Harry, who served in the British Armed Forces for 10 years, continued to talk about the importance of the sense of community and friendship that was established in the invictus games continuing in the daily life of the participants.
Eric Charbonneau/Archewell Foundation through Getty Images Prince Harry can rely on his wife Meghan Markle’s support for Invictus 2025 games. USE Weekly has learned Duchess of Sussex, 43, confirmed to participate in some of the events in Vancouver and Whistler , Canada, from Saturday, February 8, Sunday, February 16th. Markle will (…)
“I am comforted when I know that so many of the nations have implemented this program after games-these moments of returning again, to be able to talk about games, talk where you are now and continue that community and That support and network because many of these partners are really worried, ”Harry said.
He went on: “This is an amazing high, but does it turn everything to what it was before? The answer is that I can’t promise you won’t. You cannot promise that he will not and individuals cannot, but we hope that of the last 10 days that some of the experiences and some of the new supports they have probably won and the new stories and experiences they have now have They were part, they will be able to keep it. “
