The Duke of Sussex called on competitors to overcome a “moment of difficulty and division in many parts of the world” as he opened the latest edition of the Invictus Games in Canada.
Prince Harry was speaking at the opening ceremony in Vancouver with his wife Meghan, on Saturday.
The couple initially watched from the stands, cheering and clapping for the UK’s team as their competitors walked on the stage.
Their public appearance came just hours after US President Donald Trump spoke about the couple in an interview, saying “I’ll leave him alone” when asked whether he thought Prince Harry should be deported from the US.
“He’s got enough problems with his wife,” the president added. “She’s terrible.”
The prince founded the Invictus Games in London in 2014, with this year marking the seventh edition of the competition for wounded military veterans.
The next nine days of competition will see more than 500 athletes competing in 11 different events, including winter sports for the first time.
The ceremony included musical performances by Katy Perry, Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Nelly Furtado.
Giving an emotional speech at the ceremony, Prince Harry, who himself served in Afghanistan and saw some of his comrades suffer life-changing injuries, told the crowd of 40,000: “We gather here in Vancouver in a spirit of unity.
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