Prince Harry's playful joke with Meghan Markle at Invictus Games ceremony

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are unneurotic connected the 3rd time of the Invictus Games successful Vancouver, Canada - yhe couple's loved-up show comes aft a hard fewer months for the Sussexes

Prince Harry contiguous joked Meghan Markle was going to sing successful beforehand of a 1,000-strong assemblage astatine the Invictus Games.

The royal had been introduced connected signifier astatine a welcoming ceremonial successful Whistler, Canada, by his pal Michael Bublé, who sang Feeling Good. Meghan joined Harry connected signifier astatine the extremity of his code earlier helium joked: "Now she's going to sing!"

Welcoming Harry connected stage, Canadian vocalist Michael said: "I cognize however hard thing similar this is, truthful I wanted to marque definite I did this right. Without the unthinkable effort of this young man, nary of this would person happened, truthful delight welcvome my friend, Prince Harry."

And, arsenic the mercury plunged to -9C, the Duke of Sussex addressed the excited assemblage successful the municipality northbound of Vancouver, known for its skiing and snowboarding pistes.

The Games began this week with a star-studded opening ceremonial connected Saturday, held successful the city's 40,000-capacity BC Place Stadium. At the event, Harry gave an impassioned code wherever helium called for competitors to flooded a "moment of trouble and part successful galore parts of the world". His words were viewed by galore arsenic a veiled excavation astatine Donald Trump arsenic the president made scathing remarks astir Harry's woman conscionable hours earlier Invictus kicked off.

Addressing the 40,000-strong audience, the Duke said: "At this moment, 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 time – your courage, your resilience, your humanity, illuminate a way guardant for america all."

On the aforesaid day, Trump dismissed the proposition of deporting the Harry from the States pursuing his revelations astir his past with drugs successful his autobiography, savagely claiming that Harry already has "enough problems with his wife".

The president's blistering comments didn't look to signifier the mates however, arsenic they looked earnestly loved up portion watching the likes of Nelly Furtardo, Katy Perry Coldplay's Chris Martin execute connected stage. Meghan, dressed successful a £2,400 ivory treble breasted Sentaler trench coat, was seen tenderly stroking her husband's cervix portion they sat and watched the lawsuit successful the stands. Another infinitesimal saw the mates battalion connected the PDA arsenic they shared a passionate smooch.

Reacting to the tactile signs of affection from the Duchess, assemblage connection adept Judi James told The Mirror: "Clutching his limb and leaning present caput against his enarthrosis successful a romantic, date-night airs oregon reaching her manus retired to caress his cervix successful a motion of much maternal-looking pridefulness arsenic helium is mentioned from the stage." And she continued: "She's directing attraction onto Harry and showing enactment and an astir fan-like consciousness of appreciation."

Just hours earlier the glittering opening ceremony, Meghan made an impromptu code astatine a backstage Invictus Games event wherever she gushed astir her hubby and made a saccharine motion to their children, Archie and Lilibet. Speaking to a assemblage of veterans and their families, said: "I was not readying connected speaking tonight, and we conscionable arrived, I don't know, a mates of hours ago, and I touched Canadian ungraded and I went, oh, it feels similar home."

Then turning to Harry, she said: "We are conscionable thrilled to beryllium here, and I would beryllium remiss if I didn't instrumentality the accidental to present idiosyncratic who means a batch to me. And I cognize helium means rather a batch to each of you. You volition spot him passim this week. You volition spot him astatine the Games. You volition spot him astir apt curling with you, cheering you on."

The Duchess past gave uncommon penetration into parenthood with her husband, arsenic she said: "What you won't person seen is each of the moments that person happened successful the lead-up to these Games, each of the moments where, arsenic you know, with families, the large unreserved successful the greeting - getting acceptable for school, packing the luncheon boxes, making breakfast. My husband's successful each of that with us, and past he'll beryllium connected his phone, and Archie volition say: 'Papa, wherefore are you connected your phone?' And he's like: 'That's Invictus. I'm getting acceptable for Invictus.''

Harry has shown his cheeky and sometimes goofy broadside astatine the sports tournament, often leaving his woman successful fits of laughter with his stunts. One specified infinitesimal saw him 'dad dancing' with Canada's Invictus Games team, and different saw him bash an content of a Canadian moose astatine a hoops event. The Duke adjacent posed modelling a brace of 'budgie smuggler' swimming trunks, presented to him by the Australia team. Meghan has been sharing behind-the-scenes moments connected her recently re-launched Instagram page.

The Games volition tally for 9 days, featuring much than 500 competitors from 23 nations. Athletes volition vie successful halfway sports including indoor rowing, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball. The Games volition besides see wintertime sports for the archetypal time.

The prince founded the Invictus Games successful London successful 2014, with this twelvemonth marking the seventh variation of the contention for wounded subject veterans. During his affectional code astatine the ceremony, Harry told the assemblage of 40,000: "We stitchery present successful Vancouver successful a tone of unity. Beyond immoderate differences, present astatine the Invictus Games we are grounded successful communal respect, competing fiercely, but believing successful 1 another."

He continued: "Over the past decennary I've mislaid number of the times we've heard you archer america that the Invictus Games saved you. Respectfully, I disagree. Invictus didn't prevention you. You saved yourself."