King Charles has stepped in after Uganda said it was quitting the Invictus Games.
Senior military leader, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, had posted on social media last week that his country wouldn’t be sending a team to the Games out of respect for King Charles. It came just days after Buckingham Palace announced it had written to military bosses in the UK as well as lord lieutenants and government officials involved in organising royal engagements to confirm that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are private citizens.
General Kainerugaba said he was pulling Uganda’s team over the ”Harry-Meghan nonsense” at the end of last week.
However, on Monday it was confirmed that the team was now planning to take part after the Principal Private Secretary to The King, Sir Clive Alderton, phoned the general to explain that His Majesty had ”no problem” with the country participating.
The phone conversation was revealed by the spokesperson for the Uganda People’s Defence Force, Chris Magezi, who said that General Kainerugaba had been told by Sir Clive that The King was ”moved ” by his ”sensitive consideration” of his opinion but had added that Charles III had ”no problem with Uganda’s participation in the Games.
The next Invictus Games are set to be held in Birmingham next year. The event, for wounded military personnel, is returning to the UK for the first time since its inauguration in 2014.
Prince Harry helped set up the Games which take place every other year and which see both serving and veteran personnel compete in a wide range of events
King Charles, along with Prince William, attended the first Invictus Games which were held in London.
