Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, stunned soccer followers Sunday, showing on the Gray Cup in Vancouver earlier than the Toronto Argonauts took on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Sporting a darkish gown shirt and lengthy, black jacket, he was interviewed by TSN’s James Duthie on the station’s sideline set, then waved on the crowd earlier than he was rapidly escorted away.
Prince Harry later returned to the sector with B.C. Lions proprietor Amar Doman and Canadian Invictus Video games athlete Wenshuang Nie.
Nie, a former diesel mechanic and medical officer within the Royal Canadian Navy, is ready to compete in wheelchair rugby, swimming, biathlon, and skeleton when the Invictus Video games are held in Vancouver and Whistler from Feb. 8 to 16. The trio appeared on the massive display screen earlier than Prince Harry gave Doman a black and gold Invictus Video games jersey. Doman gave him a Gray Cup 2024 jersey in return.
Prince Harry, a former soldier, based the Video games in 2014 as a spot for wounded, injured or sick service personnel and veterans from world wide to compete in a wide range of sports activities.
The B.C. iteration will characteristic winter sports activities for the primary time, together with sit-skiing, sit-snowboarding, curling, biathlon and skeleton.
Greater than 500 athletes from 23 nations are set to compete within the Video games, which have been held in Toronto in 2017.
Prince Harry visited Whistler’s famed Olympic sliding observe in Might and slid down it headfirst on a skeleton sled, topping speeds of 99 kilometres per hour.
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, joined him on that journey, showing at coaching occasions in Whistler and a dinner in Vancouver.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 17, 2024.
