Prince Harry made an look on the 2024 Gray Cup Pageant.
Harry, 40, spoke with TSN on the sidelines of the Gray Cup on Sunday, November 17, in Vancouver forward of the sport between Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was joined by Invictus Video games competitor Wen Nie.
Harry was in Vancouver to advertise the Invictus Video games, which will likely be going down within the metropolis, in addition to Whistler, from February 8 to February 16 subsequent yr. “It’s our ten yr anniversary this yr, which is absolutely thrilling,” Harry advised TSN on Sunday. “The Invictus motion began again in 2014. It’s a sporting platform used for the rehabilitation and assist for wounded troopers, serving and veterans. Now we have 25 nations, rising on a regular basis. It’s actually a chance for the people themselves and their households to heal and rehabilitate.”
The Duke of Sussex celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Invictus Video games earlier this yr — the video games had been based in 2014 and see wounded, injured and sick army personnel compete in a number of sports activities. The newest Video games had been held in Germany final yr.
The Duke of Sussex’s look on the Gray Cup Pageant comes forward of his upcoming Polo documentary sequence, set to drop on Netflix in December. The sequence was created by Boardwalk Photos and Archewell Productions, the manufacturing firm Harry co-founded with spouse Meghan Markle.
It was reported in April that the docuseries, which delves into the world {of professional} polo, was primarily filmed throughout the U.S. Open Polo Championship. On the time, Harry performed alongside skilled polo participant and shut buddy, Ignacio “Nacho” Figueras, throughout the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup, the place documentary cameras had been filming.
“I’ve at all times wished to introduce polo to a wider viewers,” Figueras advised Folks in April. “Prince Harry and I’ve talked about polo for years. The manufacturing firm is unbelievable, and Netflix has an enormous platform to succeed in the most important hearts on the earth. I’m glad to be concerned and suppose it is a nice alternative for the game.”
Figueras additionally spoke to Hey! throughout the April match, the place he revealed he and Harry had “been engaged on this for a very long time,” with reference to Polo. “It was at all times Harry’s dream and fervour to share the world, what it takes to be a very aggressive polo participant and present polo on the highest degree.”
April’s Sentebale match was for charity, however Harry has thought-about himself an novice polo participant for years. “Bringing collectively the polo neighborhood that has lengthy supported the work of Sentebale is at all times an important expertise,” Harry mentioned in his personal assertion. “Right this moment, we raised funds to assist our native groups on the bottom [to] ship life-changing applications.”
Figueras spoke to Folks once more final month about working together with his “expensive buddy” Harry, and what audiences can anticipate from Polo.
“It’s an honor to do something with him,” the athlete advised the outlet in October. “That is extra his venture than it’s mine. It’s an honor to know that I used to be capable of assist.”
Figueras added, “The present will not be about me. It’s not about him … So we’ve been working very exhausting on it and we’re very excited concerning the consequence.”