Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in the Netherlands. On Saturday, April 16, II. They flew here to open the “Invincible Games” in The Hague, the invention of Elizabeth’s granddaughter. According to the Daily Mail, the Dukes of Sussex arrived at the Süderpark stadium on the second day of the competition, accompanied by five security guards. Today, the participants of the Games will compete in athletics, volleyball and archery.
International multidisciplinary competition “Invincible Games”, in 2014 II. It was founded by Elizabeth’s granddaughter. Similar in essence to the Paralympic Games, it is held in different countries of the world and its participants are former and current military men of both sexes who are injured or disabled in service.
Prince Harry during a meeting with the UK team, 2020
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The Games’ official website states, “During his trip to the Warriors Games in the USA in 2013, His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex saw firsthand how the power of sport can help those suffering from injury and illness physically, psychologically and socially.” The Invincible says about the history of creation. He states that Prince Harry’s decision to establish an international analogue – Invictus Games was inspired by the American Warrior Games.
Invincible Games is much more than just a sport. They win hearts, defy logic, and change lives.”
Added by the organizers. According to them, the competitions were designed to support wounded soldiers on the one hand, and to raise public awareness of their destinies and respect for them, on the other.
The name Avengers Games comes from English poet William Ernst Henley’s poem Invictus (1875). On the eve of the first competition in London in 2014, a video was released where movie stars led by Daniel Craig and Tom Hardy, as well as famous British athletes, read the work line by line.
The competition also draws attention as it is the only privilege left by Prince Harry after Megzit. In the spring of 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex relinquished their royal powers and left the UK for the US to live independently. Charles and Princess Diana, the youngest son of the Prince of Wales, lost royal patronage and military ranks – only the Invincible Games he founded remained.
The jubilee of the fifth Invincible Games in The Hague was supposed to be postponed to 2020, but was postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It was discussed in the foreign press long before the competition started. Journalists’ interest in them is driven by the fact that this trip by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to the Netherlands will be their first after resigning from royal duties and moving to America. They will not have a personal meeting with King Willem-Alexander Klaus Georg Ferdinand and will stay as VIP guests in one of The Hague hotels, but they will not be members of the British royal family.
In previous years, the Avengers Games were also written as a social event, not a sporting event. In 2017, Meghan Markle joined Prince William for the first time in a competition in Toronto, one of Canada’s largest cities. At that time, the future Duke and Duchess of Sussex had not yet legalized the relationship, but they no longer hide their feelings in public – they hugged and held hands while sitting at a tennis match. According to the rules of the British royal family, both are unacceptable for unmarried couples.
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The following year, 2018, Prince William and Meghan Markle went to the “Avenger Games” in Sydney as newlyweds. Then the Duchess of Sussex delighted fans with spectacular debuts: during her trip to Australia, several trouser suits, a fluffy black and white Oscar de la Renta dress, Antonio Berardi khaki midi and no less spectacular than Hugo Boss in burgundy.
Source: Gazeta
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