Queen gave Harry messages for Invictus athletes at assembly forward of video games

The Duke of Sussex has stated the Queen gave him messages for British Invictus Video games athletes when he met together with her final week.

Harry and Meghan visited the Queen and met with the Prince of Wales in Windsor on Thursday, having flown in from their house within the US earlier than travelling on to The Hague in The Netherlands for the video games.

It’s the first time the couple had been seen collectively publicly on this facet of the Atlantic for 2 years.

When requested concerning the Queen in an interview throughout the BBC’s protection of the occasion, he stated: “She had loads of messages for Group UK which I’ve already handed on to most of them so it was nice to see her. I’m positive she’d like to be right here if she might.”

The shock face-to-face assembly has been seen as an “olive department” by royal commentators after a turbulent two years following the couple’s choice to step down as senior royals in 2020.

The pair had been absent from the Duke of Edinburgh’s memorial service in London final month.

Harry flew again from California, with out Meghan who was closely pregnant on the time, to attend his grandfather’s funeral in Windsor in April 2021 however his most up-to-date return to the UK to unveil the statue of his late mom Diana, Princess of Wales on July 1 2021 with the Duke of Cambridge.

The duke and duchess moved to the US for a brand new life of non-public and monetary freedom.

However they later threw the monarchy into disaster with a controversial Oprah Winfrey tv interview through which the couple accused an unnamed royal of racism towards their son Archie earlier than he was born and the establishment of failing to assist Meghan when she was suicidal.

Harry and Meghan’s unannounced return to the UK on Thursday additionally got here amid considerations over the Queen’s well being, with the monarch having recovered from Covid in February and skilled latest mobility points.