Mystery over Meghan Markle’s role at Invictus Games as the Duchess of Sussex disappears from media schedule
Mystery over Meghan Markle’s role at Invictus Games as the Duchess of Sussex disappears from the media schedule despite reports she would ‘take the stage’ at the closing ceremony in Düsseldorf
There are mysteries about what role the Duchess of Sussex will play in her husband’s upcoming Invictus Games after she disappeared from the media schedule.
The official guide to the games in Germany, which start this weekend, suggested that Meghan would “take the stage” for the closing ceremony to do a segment about the competitors.
But there is no mention of the Duchess’s role in a separate listing on the website. The ‘detailed schedule’ shows that presenter Hadnet Tesfai will replace her.
The now-deleted passage stated that the Duchess would “take the stage to offer an intimate and moving look at the extraordinary journeys of the Invictus Games participants.” Sources claimed last night that the information was uploaded in error.
Prince Harry, 38, who founded the Paralympic competition for injured servicemen and veterans, will deliver a welcome speech at the opening ceremony in Dusseldorf this Saturday.
Meghan, 42, who has children with Harry, Prince Archie, four, and Princess Lilibet, two, will join him for the eight-day event later this week.
Mystery surrounds what role the Duchess of Sussex will play in her husband’s upcoming Invictus Games
Prince Harry and Meghan attended the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games in Sydney last year
The Duchess made only a brief appearance in Harry’s five-part Heart of Invictus documentary, filmed at last year’s Games in The Hague and released on Netflix last month.
Last year, Meghan took the stage to pay tribute to the contestants and their families before introducing her husband. The Duchess later made a surprise solo visit to a charity that supported girls and non-binary children.
Harry’s arrival at Düsseldorf City Hall on Saturday will coincide with a demonstration, confirmed by a police spokesman, by activists who claim the German military will use the competition to target and recruit students into the armed forces.
Organizer Lukas Baumer told the Rheinische Post that the Invictus Games contribute to “the continued normalization of war” and are “a major advertising tour for the Bundeswehr” – the German army, which co-hosts the competition with the city of Düsseldorf.
A spokesperson for the Invictus Games said one of its “goals is to stimulate social debate on the topics of the military and foreign missions” and stressed that “there are – at no time – elements of recruitment for the Bundeswehr’.
The couple share a laugh while watching a wheelchair tennis match in 2022
Meghan Markle arrives on the yellow carpet ahead of the 2022 Invictus Games
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