More than a decade has passed Prince Harry For the first time, INVICUS – a large part of the reason why the event is still strong.

Since the first Invictus games in March 2014, the celebration that included the wounded military service members continued to grow. This year, 550 people from more than 20 countries gathered in Vancouver, Canada, to participate in sports and enjoy each other from February 8 to 16.

While Harry and his wife, Megan MarkleI put a lot of talking about and promoting games, which can be easily lost is the extent to which the couple is truly allocated to an event every year. US weekly I spoke to many participants in 2025 about their experiences in Harry and Meghan’s interview, and it is clear that the passion of the Duke is a large part, making Invictus games very distinctive.

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Dominique Reed

Reed, who is the CEO of Invictus Games, worked with Harry for more than a decade. I have worked with the Duke for nearly 12 years. What I was saying to the people who ask, because people are asking clearly, [is that] “His commitment is unparalleled,” he said. we. “I think what people need to understand is that his vision was. He is leading this vision. I cannot remember the number of board meetings that I visited, not only during the 2014 delivery process, but since then, I can think about one or two chaos. It was always there.

These days, Harry may attend more of these video meetings, but this has not changed its design and dedication to the event. Description [The Invictus Games] Until his second child, “he added. This was before [his daughter] Lilbit was born, then quickly corrected himself, “My First Child”. It is a very important thing for him. “

“I think we are all together,” said Reed. “You know, I made some notes about my journey, and I was not infected. I hadn’t been published in the fighting, but this was unusual for all of us. So, you know, it is 100 percent committed. It is very good at work.” .

Joshua Shannon

Shannon participated in many sports in Invictus games, including ice skiing, volleyball, sitting and basketball on wheelchairs, rowing and swimming, describing his experience in an interview Harry and Meghan Markle as “modest”.

“He is a very nice man,” said Shannon, a former US Air Force member. “[Harry] It took a lot of time to come and spend a lot of time with us. I sat with them yesterday in the swimming pool. “

The royal couple “came and took some pictures with us [and] Shannon asked: “We asked about it.” “We held a meeting here at DCC where he sat with us, he and Meghan … was nice. He was nice, as you know, was modest.”

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James and Rin

The UK’s military member, who participated in the internal blasphemy, the Alps, the novice skeleton and the basketball of the gym in the games, started on the “wonderful” event. He added that Harry’s ability to collect “nations together” and allow people to “set politics aside for 10 days” is “just a wonderful and wonderful opportunity.”

“Any person with a wounded, injured, an old warrior or served work to help his recovery,” added the British royal member, Rin and Rin, who suffers from post -traumatic disorder after a training exercise in 2020, and was dragged under a warship.

Before communicating with Harry in the 2025 games in Canada, Wren met with the prince at the 2023 event at Düsseldorf, Germany.

Mike Murphy

Murphy, who was wounded during his publication in Greece in 2018, was told. we This year invictus games He gave him his second chance to spend time with the Duke of Sussex – But he was almost absent.

Murphy fiancé was registering on the ice and “We were on the side of the mountain, and someone came, and there is a group of people withdrawing,” Oh, comrades well? “And we were like us,” Yes, we focus on our video, trying to get it. They said, “Hey, he is Prince Harry.”

“The great part about interactions is that not only here for propaganda,” Murphy continued. “He is a real person. So he sits there while making jokes [like]Do you know why the blind are not skiing on the ice, right? It is very difficult and terrifying. I was like, “Well, I am here to break the barriers, sir.” So we went to some extent back and forth, and we talked to him a little and with his crew, and they went to the mountain, then a couple ran at a later time, before I ended up in the race, ascended behind me. He said, Wow, you really know how to skate on the ice. It was impressive. It was good to watch you. “

I also appreciate Murphy that Harry has a lot of military experience. “I personally think, from the military side of what makes me feel that most people talk about you, get this friendship and make him participate at that moment in his place of existence, it was very cool, it was very cool,” he added. “After that, just his presence there, this was somewhat … this was definitely the most prominent of what he brought out from there. Ski was cold. But their presence, and knowledge of the strength he possessed on everyone here is just huge.”

James Phelps

Participant for the first time in Invictus games, Phelps Harry met when they were published In 2012, according to his wife, Senate. “James and James have published together before, and their base has been attacked while they were there, so we have great respect for him. I know James is doing it, because there were two naval infantry who were killed in this attack, and knowing that after a short period, Invictus – for example, was two years after this attack in which Invictus games were founded Sinatia said.

James said we He appreciates how Harry “truly understands” what his old warrior colleagues lived. “He has gone through situations like most of us here, so the true nature of it that brings it to people who have gone through similar things [special]Clear.

“We know that he was putting this together, rightly, but he is the front man in this and every time he and Megan meet, for example, I mean, hand in hand, like, you, you know, cheek, just tell us About this means for them and the like, and I know that they were not, as you know, the people who put this completely together, that there is a huge team behind them as well, but only the time we had any connection With them, it’s very real.

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JAREK NeczyPor

The athlete, who participated in Piolon, said the rugby and swimming in a wheelchair, said it is part of a group that had breakfast with both Harry and Meghan. “It was not true at all,” he said we. “He was incredibly funny and very clarifying, Megan was very polite, and they asked us about the sport we were doing. They spoke to us.”

Harry emerged again while Neczypor was competing in a Rajabi chair event. He gave us all the high alcohol, congratulations, embrace. And remind us. And, “Oh, a great work. I knew you were worried about this. Congratulations on the bronze. I did such amazing work. I liked this play that I performed. It was true personality.”

Harry was also “there chanting the same difficult to every country, and this makes this special. NeczyPor explained that Prince Harry is an amazing figure not only to serve the army, but after his experience, he took what he saw and made these games.” He is a unique character in this way, no one else. There are many people who serve the army, and many people who have opportunities to do amazing things, but without it it will not be. “

Ashley Christman

Christmann described an active member of the American army who has been diagnosed with non -operating cancer, Harry and Meghan as “”Incredible human beings, full of love, full of generosity, full of mercy“

“It took time on multiple occasions to visit them with us, go out and see us compete, and every time, they were very friendly and warm only, as you know, they seem to be part of that family, Christman said.” He has a history of service as well, which inspired him to stick to his brothers and sisters In arms with this organization and this opportunity with Invictus games, and still seems to be just one of my brothers, brothers in the weapon “.

Reporting Justin Ravez