Trump won’t deport Prince Harry: ‘He’s got enough problems with his wife’ – Royal news live

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have publicly displayed their relationship with another kiss at an opening event for the Invictus Games.

It is the latest in a long line of royal snogs captured on camera at the event.

Introducing Harry Meghan told the crowd: “It means so much to him. You are his family, just as we are his family, and I hope you recognise how much of his heart he has poured into every single thing that has gotten all of you to this week, which is going to be spectacular.

“I need you to know how much it means to him and how much each of you means to him,” adding that her “sweet children”, Archie and Lilibet, are “cheering [everyone] on from California.”

Prince Harry can rest easy if he feared being one of the thousands of illegal migrants deported by Donald Trump.

The President told the New York Post on Friday: “I don’t want to do that.

“I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible.”

The US leader has previously described Harry as “whipped” by Meghan Markle in other comments slammed as misogynistic.

“I think poor Harry is being led around by the nose.”

In 2008, the coffin of Danish soldier Morten Krogh Jensen was loaded onto the transport plane of Prince Harry as they returned together to Europe from Afghanistan. This event was a partial inspiration for Prince Harry to establish the Invictus Games.

Prince Harry has previously described the moment in his opening speech at the 2017 Games.

“As I was waiting to board the plane, the coffin of a Danish soldier was loaded on by his friends,” he said.

“Once on the flight, I was confronted with three British soldiers, all in induced comas, with missing limbs, and wrapped in plastic.

“The way I viewed service and sacrifice changed forever.”

Meghan Markle revealed her family’s preparations for the Games, mentioning her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

She told a Vancouver crowd before introducing Prince Harry: “What you won’t have seen is all of the moments that have happened in the lead-up to these Games, all of the moments where, as you know, with families, the big rush in the morning—getting ready for school, packing the lunch boxes, making breakfast.

“My husband’s in all of that with us, and then he’ll be on his phone, and Archie will say: ‘Papa, why are you on your phone?’ And he’s like: ‘That’s Invictus. I’m getting ready for Invictus.'”

The Invictus opening will see 40,000 people watch Katy Perry, Chris Martin and Nelly Furtado headline slots at the sold-out BC centre in downtown Vancouver.

Chief Executive Officer Scott Moore, who is responsible for staging the games said: “We will deliver the best ever Invictus Games over the next nine days. These Games will be life-changing. ‘

“I was lucky enough to do eleven Olympic Games in my career.

‘People ask me what is the difference between the Olympic Games and the Invictus Games.

‘The Olympic Games changes lives… the Invictus Games saves lives.’

Prince Harry and Meghan shared a passionate kiss on stage to cheers from the crowd as the couple introduced the Invictus Games.

Meghan started her speech, saying: “I was not planning on speaking tonight, and we just arrived, I don’t know, a couple of hours ago, and I touched Canadian soil and I went, oh, it feels like home.”

Full of admiration for her husband, she said: “We are just thrilled to be here, and I would be remiss if I didn’t take the opportunity to introduce someone who means a lot to me. And I know he means quite a lot to all of you. You will see him throughout this week.

“You will see him at the Games. You will see him probably curling with you, cheering you on.”

She continued: “He’s in it with you, and you’ll see him through all of those moments. He’ll be there with you.”

Meghan Markle watched on from backstage as her husband Prince Harry opened the Invictus Games with a joke.

Prince Harry trying to hype the crowd gathered to hear his opening speech – asking if “anyone was tired?”

After shouts of ‘no’ came back he laughed adding: “Well obviously team Canada is not tired, everybody else had to travel half way round the world to be here!”.

The stage is set for the Invictus Games as the Olympic Cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver is lit ahead of the opening ceremony.

The seventh edition of the games, established by Harry in 2014, begin in Vancouver on Saturday and bring together more than 500 competitors from 23 nations.

It is the first time the games will include winter sports.

Meghan’s attendance is understood to underscore her support for her husband and the mission of Invictus, a cause that is deeply personal to them both, and her focus at the games will be on uplifting her husband, the competitors and sharing their stories.

Prince Harry 40, has landed in Vancouver and was reportedly seen arriving into the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel in a security convoy as he and Meghan, 43, prepare to front the Invictus Games.

The Mirror reports the cost of the Chairman’s Suites at the five-star hotel, which has previously been booked by stars including Tom Cruise and Ed Sheeran, is not advertised publicly, but is believed to be more than £5,000-a-night.

It is not known if Prince Harry and Meghan have booked the Chairman’s Suite that boasts its own outdoor rooftop patio, a meditation pond and fire pit.

The hotel has also been lauded for its cocktail menu, which includes a ‘Dirty Harry’ – a vodka based drink, with dry vermouth, ginger, and pickled cucumber. The beverage was named after Douglas Coupland’s ‘Dirty Harry, 2021’ artwork, which is among artwork hanging by the hotel’s elevator entrance.

British veterans and serving personnel who were injured during service have departed for Canada ahead of the 2025 Invictus Games.

The seventh edition of the games, established by the Duke of Sussex in 2014, will begin in Vancouver on February 8.

The 62 competitors – all veterans and serving personnel who sustained life-changing injuries and illnesses while serving in the UK Armed Forces – left the country from Birmingham Airport on Thursday.

Team UK’s captain Steve “Hoops” Hooper, an RAF veteran diagnosed with PTSD from his experiences in Iraq before being medically discharged in 2021, said: “The pride the whole team feels representing their country is huge, this means so much to them.”