The Duke of Sussex urged the competitors to overcome “a moment of difficulty and division in many parts of the world”, while opening the latest edition of Invictus Games in Canada.
Prince Harry appeared at the opening ceremony in Vancouver with his wife, Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, Saturday.
The couple watched from the stands, cheering and applauding for the UK team while their competitors walked the stage.
Their public performance comes just hours after US President Donald Trump spoke in an interview with his marriage brothers, “I’ll leave him alone,” when asked if he thought Prince Harry should be deported.
“There are enough problems with his wife,” the president added. “She’s terrible.”
The Prince founded the Invictus game in London in 2014.
This year marks the seventh edition of the wounded military veterans competition, which will include more than 500 athletes competing in 11 different events, including winter sports for the first time.
The ceremony included music performances by Katy Perry, Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Nelly Furtado.
“We gather here in Vancouver in the spirit of unity,” said Prince Harry Gomili of 40,000.
Apart from any difference, we are here at Invictus games based on respect, we are fiercely competing, but we believe in each other. “
“Over the past decades, I lost the number of time we heard as they told us that you were saved by Invictus games. Sincerely, I disagree. Invictus did not save you. You saved yourself,” Vojvoda told the competitors.
Trump says, “I’ll leave Harry alone”
Previously, US President Donald Trump told the New York Post that he would not be advocating for Prince deportation, which moved to the United States in 2020.
Some activists questioned the status of American visas of Duke of American visa, after admitting that he had previously taken illegal drugs in his memoir, reserves.
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative research tank, filed a lawsuit seeking immigration records of the Duke, suggesting that he had lied to his visual pattern or had a special treatment when he and the Duchess moved to southern California in 2020.
Trump previously suggested that if it was found that Prince Harry had lied to “appropriate actions”.
But when he asked New York Post on Friday if the Duke would be deported, Trump said, “I don’t want to do it. I’ll leave him alone.
“She has enough problems with her husband. She’s horrible.”
Former actress Meghan was the vocal critic of Trump, By calling it “division” and “mysoginist”, While Trump Previously, Meghan called “nasty”.
In an interview, the President also praised the Duke of Cambridge, calling the older brother of Prince Harry, Prince of Wales, a “big young man”.
The recognition of the past use of drugs does not result in automatically denying American visa, but it can cause delays, and lying on a visa form can lead to deportation.
US Presidents usually do not engage in individual visa decisions. The couple did not respond to Trump’s comments.
The Duke was inspired to set up games after seeing the Warrior 2013 games in the US, where the injured and retired official staff competed.
The first edition of the games was held in London in 2014, and the next competitions were held in the US, Canada and Australia.
Games 2017. They were Also where the Prince Harry was displayed with her then girlfriend Meghan for the first time.
