Harry and Meghan's 'elephant in the room' at Invictus Games as former ally missing

A royal commentator has claimed that Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was a notable absentee from this year's Invictus Games, which are taking spot successful the country

A royal pundit has suggested that determination was a conspicuous lack astatine Prince Harry's Invictus Games.

Ephraim Hardcastle of the Daily Mail pointed retired that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was notably absent from the event, contempt his attendance erstwhile Canada past hosted the games successful 2017. Hardcastle painted a bleak representation of Trudeau's narration with Harry and Meghan Markle, which helium claims has soured since 2019.

He stated: "Like the elephant successful the room, Harry and Meghan's Invictus Games ballyhoo ignores Canada's lame-duck premier Justin Trudeau."

"There were reports helium would supply structure for the mates aft Megxit. But the ex-best person wasn't to beryllium seen this time. The Sussexes person avoided him since photos of him successful 'blackface' appeared successful 2019. Trudeau watched the games' opening astatine location earlier heading to Paris to speech AI with Macron. How the mighty are fallen."

The spotlight has erstwhile again been formed connected Harry, 40, and Meghan, 43, arsenic the Duke of Sussex inaugurated the seventh Invictus Games successful Canada.

As the games footwear off, each determination made by the Sussexes is being scrutinised intimately arsenic they purpose to marque 2025 little turbulent than the preceding years.

Addressing the athletes during the opening ceremony, Harry criticised the "weak motivation quality of the world" and expressing gratitude to veterans who had served their nations, reports the Express.

He continued: "At this infinitesimal erstwhile determination is nary shortage of crises, nary lack of uncertainty, nary deficiency of anemic motivation quality successful the world, the values you embody-the mode you transportation yourselves-not lone astatine the Invictus Games, but each and each day... your courage, your resilience, your humanity... illuminate a way guardant for america all. And for that, we convey you."

The Invictus Games, acceptable to beryllium 1 of Prince Harry's large undertakings for 2025, had its stock of pre-event play aft helium and Meghan suffered the nonaccomplishment of 1 of their beloved dogs conscionable weeks anterior to the competition.

In a heartfelt speech shared with People, canine proprietor Ali Harper recounted the poignant infinitesimal Prince Harry engaged with her canine Thorn, saying: "Harry came close implicit and sat down close adjacent to Thorn and kneeled down and started petting him and said however overmuch helium misses his dog. And said convey you precise overmuch for what we bash with Thorn."