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Prince Harry speaks out on the social networks of the Invictus Games
By Mélody Husson Garnier
This Saturday, may 9, 2020, prince Harry was expected to launch the fifth edition of the Invictus Games, in the netherlands, finally cancelled because of the outbreak of Coronavirus. On social networks, the duke of Sussex was anxious to speak, and announced the good news.
Since the month of march, the world has had to review its daily and adapt, because of the outbreak of Coronavirus , which is rampant. Among the many areas affected by the pandemic, the sport. Consequently, in order to fight against the Coronavirus in the best conditions at home, the government had announced the shutdown of nearly all of sports activities, such as the Championship League 1 or the Top 14. On the other side of the Channel, another event highly anticipated by the british royal family will not take place : the Invictus Games.
This Saturday, may 9, prince Harry had to go to The Hague, the netherlands, to launch the fifth edition of the Invictus Games, a competition sport for soldiers and war veterans injured or disabled. A cause that is particularly close to the heart to the duke of Sussex, because he is the creator and the founder. Only because of the outbreak of Coronavirus, the athletic competition was cancelled, at the beginning of the month of march last, as many sporting events in the world.
Prince Harry breaks the silence
Failing to find in the netherlands, the prince Harry is currently in Los Angeles with his wife Meghan Markle, and their son, Archie, in a villa specially borrowed for the birthday of their son. Since this remains american, the son of princess Diana was held out of the silence, and speak to the internet users to talk to them directly. Prince Harry was therefore filmed for several minutes, and relayed the video on the Twitter accounts and Instagram of the Invictus Games.
See you in 2021
“Life has changed dramatically for all of us”, he begins by declaring, and continued : “The team of the Invictus Games 2020 has done a fantastic job to adapt so quickly to the situation”. Optimistic for the rest of the things, prince Harry then explained that the Invictus Games next year were already : “The new dates will be communicated to you soon”, he says. Then, the father of the little Archie gave his support to “the family Invictus”, which has remained cohesive in this complicated period. For consolation, people who had to go to the Invictus Games will be able to attend a virtual conference, specially set up.
A video message from Prince Harry via @WeAreInvictus to mark what would have been the @InvictusGamesNL opening ceremony. While the games were postponed this year due to the pandemic, there is good news for competitors — they will now take place in 2021.pic.twitter.com/Z3JMPmqCFD
— Omid Scobie (@scobie) May 9, 2020
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