WHISTLER, British Columbia – Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, plan to spend Valentine's Day in Whistler, British Columbia, this year to attend a training camp one year before the 2025 Invictus Games.
Prince Harry is the founder of the Games for wounded, injured and ill service members and veterans.
The purpose of this week's training camp is to support countries participating in the Games to build adaptive sports programs throughout the year.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are scheduled to join participants during some events at the camp today and Thursday in Whistler and on Friday in Vancouver.
The Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 will host more than 500 competitors from 23 countries and is scheduled to take place from February 8 to 16, 2025.
The Invictus Games will be the first to feature winter sports, including alpine skiing, nordic skiing, snowboarding, and wheelchair curling, but will also host indoor rowing, sit-down volleyball, swimming, wheelchair rugby, and chair basketball. animation as previously done.
Next year's event will mark the seventh Invictus Games, which were created in 2014 after Prince Harry returned from his deployment to Afghanistan.
This will be the second time Canada has hosted the Games, after Toronto hosted in 2017.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 14, 2024.
