Princess Lilibet and Prince Archie will not join Prince Harry in Canada for the Invictus Games as Meghan Markle confirmed their children will remain in California.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended the 2025 Invictus Games’ friends and family dinner in Vancouver on Friday evening.
Meghan Markle, 43, took to the stage and delivered an impromptu speech, admitting she “hadn’t planned on speaking” before introducing her husband.
During the speech, the duchess confirmed that Archie and Lilibet would be staying in California rather than appearing at the Invictus Games in Canada.
Princess Lilibet and Prince Archie will not join Prince Harry in Canada for the Invictus Games as Meghan Markle confirmed their children will remain in California.
Meghan said: “We are just thrilled to be here, and I would be remiss if I didn’t take the opportunity to introduce someone who means a lot to me.
“And I know he means quite a lot to all of you. You will see him throughout this week.
“You will see him at the Games. You will see him probably curling with you, cheering you on.
“He’s in it with you, and you’ll see him through all of those moments. He’ll be there with you.”
Meghan Markle, 43, took to the stage and delivered an impromptu speech, admitting she “hadn’t planned on speaking” before introducing her husband.
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The Duchess of Sussex continued: “What you won’t have seen is all of the moments that have happened in the lead-up to these Games, all of the moments where, as you know, with families, the big rush in the morning—getting ready for school, packing the lunch boxes, making breakfast.
“My husband’s in all of that with us, and then he’ll be on his phone, and Archie will say: ‘Papa, why are you on your phone?’ And he’s like: ‘That’s Invictus. I’m getting ready for Invictus.'”
“It means so much to him. You are his family, just as we are his family, and I hope you recognise how much of his heart he has poured into every single thing that has gotten all of you to this week, which is going to be spectacular. I just need you to know that.”
“I need you to know how much it means to him and how much each of you means to him.”
Prince Harry founded the Invictus Games in 2014
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She added that Archie and Lilibet are “cheering on from California.”
Prince Harry and Meghan arrived in Vancouver last night, beaming as they pulled up to the ultra-luxurious Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex touched down in Canada at around 5:30pm, having flown in by private charter jet from Santa Barbara airport near their Montecito home.
The Mail reports that the couple are staying in the hotel’s prestigious Chairman’s Suite, a £5,000-per-night accommodation nicknamed the ‘Rock Star Suite’.
