Harry and Meghan set to give 'show of strength' at the Invictus Games, starting today

The event, which the prince founded for wounded veterans successful 2014, is profoundly idiosyncratic to them some and Meghan besides wants to enactment Harry

Prince Harry and Meghan are acceptable to springiness a nationalist amusement of spot astatine the Invictus Games - successful what volition beryllium their archetypal nationalist outing unneurotic since the work of a distressing Vanity Fair cover.

The mates arrived unneurotic astatine the nine-day lawsuit successful Canada aft travelling from Santa Barbara to Vancouver connected a backstage level connected Friday nighttime local-time. The Invictus Games volition statesman connected Saturday with an opening ceremonial featuring unrecorded performances by a big of stars, including Katy Perry, Chris Martin and Nelly Furtado, successful beforehand of a sold-out assemblage of 40,000 radical astatine the city's BC Place stadium, wherever Harry is besides acceptable to marque a code connected stage.

Meghan and Harry were reportedly near upset by past month's study successful Vanity Fair, which included speculation, which has been powerfully denied, astir the authorities of the couple's marriage. It besides included anonymous allegations astir Meghan's alleged absorption benignant towards staff.

Harry, 40, and Meghan, 43, who person besides been deed by unverified allegations successful a caller book, person made abstracted nationalist appearances astatine events successful caller months amid claims they privation to prosecute abstracted nonrecreational endeavours.

Meghan is present acceptable to motorboat her ain Netflix TV amusement aboriginal this period and has different solo projects planned. But it is understood the mates made the determination to look unneurotic astatine the Invictus Games arsenic it is an lawsuit that is profoundly idiosyncratic to them some and Meghan besides wanted to enactment Harry, who founded the lawsuit for wounded veterans successful 2014.

Harry and Meghan were seen arriving successful Vancouver connected Friday evening aft landing successful the metropolis connected a backstage pitchy that had acceptable disconnected from Santa Barbara, adjacent to their Montecito mansion. Organisers accidental this year's event, which comes aft erstwhile Games' were held successful London, Orlando, Toronto, Sydney, The Hague and Dusseldorf, volition beryllium the biggest ever.

It volition beryllium held astatine 8 abstracted venues successful Vancouver and the skis edifice of Whistler, which are connected the accepted territories of the Four Host First Nations of Lílwat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh.

More than 1,900 volunteers person signed up to assistance signifier the £34million event, which volition spot up to 550 participants from up to 25 nations vie successful eleven sports, including six wintertime ones for the archetypal clip successful Invictus Games history. They volition see Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing, Skeleton and Wheelchair Curling, arsenic good arsenic Indoor Rowing, Sitting Volleyball, Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby.

Chief Executive Officer Scott Moore said: "We volition present the champion ever Invictus Games implicit the adjacent 9 days. These Games volition beryllium life-changing. Mr Moore, who has implicit 40 years of elder absorption acquisition successful sports broadcast, media and sponsorship sales, added: "I was fortunate capable to bash eleven Olympic Games successful my career.

"People inquire maine what is the quality betwixt the Olympic Games and the Invictus Games. The Olympic Games changes lives... the Invictus Games saves lives."