Invictus Games stars ready on the runway

A 90-STRONG team of military personnel and veterans competing for the UK in the Invictus Games has set off for Canada.

The wounded, injured and sick military personnel and veterans posed for a photograph on the runway before they departed from Heathrow Airport for Toronto. They will represent the UK in the third Invictus Games in a range of sports as it was reported on Wednesday that Prince Harry will hold a bi-lateral meeting with US First Lady Melania Trump when he travels to the Games.

It is likely Mrs Trump, a former model, will be in Canada to support the large American contingent taking part in the Games, a Paralympics-style global sporting tournament for wounded servicemen and women, and veterans.

During the eight-day event, Harry will visit training sessions and watch participants competing in all 12 sports, including athletics, cycling and wheelchair basketball.

He will also hold talks with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The Prince will also visit a mental health and addiction teaching hospital, hand out Duke of Edinburgh International Gold Awards to young Canadians, attend a conference on military and veteran health research, and host a reception for the Invictus Games Foundation during his stay.

Harry, who founded Invictus and held the inaugural Games in 2014, will be in Toronto from today until a week tomorrow.