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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Wrap Invictus Games Countdown with Glam Banquet in Vancouver.


The Duke and Duchess of Sussex checked out the Winter Training Camp this week, one 12 months earlier than the 2025 Invictus Games kick off.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are persevering with the Invictus Games celebrations in Canada.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended the One Year to Go Dinner at Vancouver Convention Center on Friday as section of the Invictus Games countdown celebrations. The 2025 new release of the opposition for provider personnel and veterans will take vicinity in one 12 months in Whistler and Vancouver.
The tournament marked the stop of the go to to British Columbia for Meghan, 42, and Prince Harry, 39, and covered a host of memorable moments, such as a present of blankets woven by way of the Salish human beings for every of the couple's children, Prince Archie, 4, and Princess Lilibet, 2, from Johnna Sparrow, an Indigenous guide for the Games and sister of Chief Wayne Sparrow of the Musqueam Indian Band.
During the dinner, the Duke — who wore a black swimsuit for the event, whilst Meghan opted for a elegant olive green, off-the-shoulder gown — delivered Michael Bublé, who carried out a music written with Paul Anka to the melody of “My Way.” Before he sang the up to date track, the Candian singer shared with the target audience how comfortable he was once that, “we can exhibit Harry and Meghan how stunning this location is.”



Meanwhile, the lyrics to Bublé's music honored Prince Harry as a "visionary" and despatched "healing wishes" to King Charles, who is presently present process most cancers remedy after saying he had been identified with the sickness before this month.
“Who knew, desires can come true, when existence tells you, you’re some distance from finished/ Nothing tames, Invictus Games, you play them your way/ One man, life-changing plan, he does all he can, he’s a visionary/ Our recuperation needs for your dad/ You’ve earned every day, the proper to say, I did it my way,” Bublé, 48, sang.
The Duke himself then took to the stage to share a speech, the place he thanked the target audience "for being right here tonight and for your dedication to making Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 possible."
He later added, "When I am with the Invictus neighborhood surrounded by means of so many brave guys and ladies who have served their nations with distinction, I experience humbled and at home."
Elsewhere in his speech, Prince Harry honored the upcoming milestone the Invictus Games is set to attain in 2024.



"This yr will mark ten years of the Invictus Games. The previous decade has been a testomony to the energy of resilience and the unbreakable spirit you all exemplify. And boy have we had enjoyable on the way! From this trip, I am pleased to document the air is thick with excitement, and the great section is, we’re simply getting started," he advised the audience, adding, "The Invictus Games are now not simply a competition; they’re a way of life, a occasion of the human spirit."
Prior to the dinner, the Duke and Duchess had spent the week checking out the Winter Training Camp, which brought groups from round the world to the new iciness sports activities that will be brought at the Invictus Games subsequent year. In addition to the preceding sports activities offered, the 2025 tournament will consist of alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling for the first time.
Prince Harry tried three sports activities for himself. He took a flip at sit-skiing down the slopes on Wednesday earlier than a daredevil skeleton run on Thursday, the place he reached speeds of over 60 miles per hour as he went down the frozen music head-first. On Friday, the couple joined Bublé on the ice at the Hillcrest Community Centre in Vancouver for some curling.



Stefan Nommensen is the Netherlands' "chef de mission," a function that includes "overlooking the group and the pals and family," he tells PEOPLE, after competing in the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney. Speaking about mastering wintry weather sports activities in Canada, Nommensen says, "It's wonderful how the adaptive sports activities trainers are capable to instruct and train. Imagine — in the Netherlands, we are under sea level, and we do not have any mountains. A lot of us, specially these with impairments, have not been uncovered to wintry weather sports. That will be, actually, a actual precise delivered fee to the Invictus Games."


Ivan Morera, who represented Team U.S.A. in Germany ultimate 12 months and is hoping to compete once more in Canada, tells PEOPLE that he is mastering how to ski and snowboard.
"I love to venture myself simply to construct resilience and exhibit that I'm nonetheless succesful of being bodily lively even with my adaptation. I've had a wonderful time here," he says.

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