Prince Harry
He would have liked to cheer on the “Warrior Games” athletes personally
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Prince Harry spoke to First Lady Dr. Jill Biden in honor of the athletes of the “Warrior Games”. The event had to take place online at short notice due to the pandemic.
It was actually planned that Prince Harry, 36, would personally take part in the “Warrior Games” in Orlando, Florida in 2021. However, the event was canceled due to the pandemic. The speeches were streamed on YouTube.
Jill Biden honors war veterans at the Warrior Games
In front of Prince Harry, the First Lady of the USA, Dr. Jill Biden, 70, a few words to the veterans. “Twenty years ago our world fell apart and the shock waves of September 11th are still going on today,” she said. She and her husband, President Joe Biden, 78, visited the memorial.
Back then, there was “a call to defend the values we hold dear and dear to us as we waged a global war on terror,” she said. “And a brave group of men and women came forward to say, ‘I’ll go’. And that includes you Harry. They live by a simple principle: serve together, heal together.”
Prince Harry: “The pandemic has turned the lives of so many upside down”
Prince Harry spoke from his study to the athletes he actually wanted to cheer on at the various competitions. “I’m so sorry we can’t be together in the Warrior Games like we should,” said Harry.
“The pandemic has turned the lives of so many upside down,” he said. He clearly remembers his first visit to the “Warrior Games” and how he was inspired by them to start the “Invictus Games”.
Prince Harry at the “Warrior Games” 2019.
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Prince Harry was inspired by “Warrior Games” and called the “Invictus Games” into being
The “Warrior” as well as the “Invictus Games” are Paralympic sporting events for war-disabled soldiers. 300 athletes from 13 countries took part in the first Invictus Games in 2014.
For Prince Harry, the competitions are an affair of the heart. During his military service he was there on missions in Afghanistan. The games are not about collecting or even winning medals, he says into the camera, because everyone who is here has already won. It’s about solidarity with one another and being there for one another. “I see you all with proud faces and that makes me incredibly happy.”
Sources used: youtube.com, mirror.co.uk