Meghan Markle and Prince Harry set to leave the US for exciting trip

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry set to leave the US for exciting trip

WATCH NOW: Prince Harry attends the Vancouver Canucks game to promote the 2025 Invictus Games

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Dorothy Reddin

By Dorothy Reddin


Published: 02/02/2024

- 09:35

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will make the two-day trip in February

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are set to leave the US for an exciting trip this month.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will travel to Canada on February 14 for two days to attend the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025's One Year to Go celebrations.


The couple's three-day visit will be spent at the Winter Training Camp, speaking to members from the participating nations.

This programme gives coaches, competitors, and team managers the chance to attempt winter adaptive sports in advance of the Games in 2025.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle last attended the Invictus Games in Germany

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The sports event for wounded, injured, and ill service people and veterans was established in 2014 by Prince Harry, a former captain in the British Army.

The 2025 competition in Canada will mark the first time the Invictus Games has returned to a former host nation, which last held the event in 2017.

It was first held in London in 2014, followed by Orlando in 2016, Toronto in 2017, Sydney in 2018, the Hague in 2022, and Düsseldorf in 2023.

In addition to some of the main sports from past Invictus Games, the Vancouver-Whistler edition will be the first to include winter adaptive sports.

Prince Harry and Meghan applaud during Closing ceremony of Invictus Games

Prince Harry and Meghan at the Closing ceremony of Invictus Games in Dusseldorf last year

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Prince Harry and Meghan made an unexpected visit at the Vancouver Canucks hockey game in November, which was connected to the upcoming Invictus Games.

During the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks hockey match, the Duke of Sussex, following in the footsteps of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, ceremoniously dropped the first puck on the ice.

The duke and duchess have a special fondness for Canada.

The pair made their public debut together during the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto, where Meghan lived when filming the television series Suits.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attending the Invictus Games in the Hague

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Meghan and Harry promoted the 2025 Games during a surprise joint appearance in Vancouver

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Meghan and Harry also celebrated their first Christmas as a family of three in 2019 on Vancouver Island with their son, Prince Archie, before resigning from their official duties in 2020.

Prince Archie, four, and Princess Lilibet, two, may even attend the 2025 Invictus Games.

Meghan said in a speech at the latest Invictus Games in Germany: "We can't wait to bring our kids also so they can experience just how awesome this is."

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