SPECIAL INVITE
Now that he’s not a working royal any more, Prince Harry no longer gets to go on official overseas tours.
But later this month, he’ll be doing the next best thing when he travels to Nigeria to talk to authorities there about staging the Invictus
Games.
Harry, who founded the Games for injured service personnel, will be joined by his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and while they’re in the African nation, they’ll take part in “cultural activities” similar to those arranged for official visits.
Harry, 39, was said to be “delighted and honoured” when he received the invitation from the Nigerian Chief of Defence. This is their first royal-style visit to another country since their last official overseas tour to South Africa in 2019.
He’s expected to fly to Nigeria after travelling to the UK to take part in a 10th anniversary service of thanksgiving for the Invictus Games at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Meghan, 42, will not be joining him in England, instead choosing to meet with him in Nigeria immediately afterwards.
Meanwhile, Harry has faced criticism for not wearing a medal he received to mark his father’s coronation when he presented a military award. Harry wore four medals – including three honouring his grandmother Elizabeth
II’s golden, diamond and platinum jubilees – when he filmed a message for the winner of a US Soldier of the Year award.
But the coronation medal, given to just 400 people, was noticeably absent, which some people are seeing as a snub to the King. However, one military expert says Harry may have been unable to find anyone in the US able to properly mount the medal.