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Harry's birthday gift: The Invictus Games

What better way to celebrate your 30th birthday then by being a part of an international sporting event for wounded servicemen and women that was organised by yourself. Well that is exactly the way Prince Harry will be celebrating his upcoming milestone birthday, and he couldn’t be happier. Prince Harry spoke ahead of Wednesday’s Opening Ceremony while in attendance at his first medal…
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Prince Harry to train with Invictus athletes

who is also going to take part in a wheelchair rugby match, as reported by Royal Central.   The athletes, a group of 400 injured, wounded and sick servicemen and women from 13 countries, will arrive at Mayesbrook Park Athletic Arena this weekend to make used of the…
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Prince Harry and Zara and Mike Tindall to take part in Invictus Games wheelchair rugby match

Prince Harry will be joined by Olympians Denise Lewis and Dame Kelly Holmes and singer songwriter Example to take part in the match. Members of wounded, injured and sick service personnel will also join the star-studded line up for the charity match. The two rugby teams will be managed by Rugby World Cup winners Sir Clive Woodward and Jonny Wilkinson. The match will take place during the Invictus…
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Prince Harry's 'British Heroes' chosen for Invictus Games

inaugural Invictus Games next month. The 130 servicemen and veterans chosen are to be a part of the British team form the largest ever military sports team to be made up of wounded and injured soldiers. The team is made up of 69 percent Army representatives, 23 percent Naval Service representatives, and 8 percent Air Force representatives. Of these, 58 percent are veterans, while the remaining 42…
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Medals for Invictus Games unveiled

The medals, which have been designed by Garrard, the oldest jewellery house in the world, will be handed out to the winners and runners up at the Invictus Games in September. It will not just be the medals that are being handed out though, every single competitor at the…
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William, Kate and Harry plant poppies at Tower of London

The visit to the Tower was to see the ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’, which is an installation of poppies in The Tower’s dry moat. The project, hosted by Historic Royal Palace and created by artist Paul Cummins, is to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War; by Armistice Day in November, there will be 888,246 poppies planted in the moat, one for every…
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