Prince Harry speaks to the NATO Military Committee through videolink from his Montecito mansion in regards to the Invictus Games
Prince Harry has addressed the NATO military committee via videolink on the role of his charity Invictus in supporting wounded, injured and sick service members and veterans.
The Duke of Sussex, 40, spoke to the committee ‘on the breadth and development of the Invictus programme and the progress it is making to expand the scope of its mission’.
Although Harry himself did not attend the meeting in New York, a delegation from the Invictus Games group was sent.
The meeting comes a year after the Duke’s 2023 Invictus Games documentary ‘Heart of Invictus’ aired on Netflix, bringing fresh attention to the plight of wounded soldiers.
Harry and his wife Meghan Markle signed a five-year, £80million deal with the streaming giant in 2020, shortly after they decided to step back from public life.
Prince Harry has addressed the NATO military committee via videolink
Prince Harry pictured with singer Michael Buble at an Invictus Games event this year
They have since aired a six-part autobiographical series ‘Harry & Meghan’.
Two more programmes are understood to be in the works, one focusing on Meghan, which Netflix says will ‘celebrate the joys of cooking, gardening, entertaining, and friendship’.
The other is a brainchild of Prince Harry, offering ‘unprecedented access to the world of professional polo, shot primarily at the US Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Florida’.
Netflix said: ‘The series will pull back the curtain on the sport, known primarily for its aesthetic and social scene, capturing the full story of what it takes to compete at its highest level.’
Last week, an American think-tank announced they wanted to reopen the case to get Prince Harry’s secret U.S. visa application made public after he admitted taking drugs in his memoir.
The Heritage Foundation questioned why the Duke of Sussex was allowed into the U.S. with his wife Meghan in 2020 following his reference to taking cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms in his book Spare which came out in January 2023.
The conservative Washington DC group brought a lawsuit against the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) after a Freedom of Information request was rejected. Heritage claimed Harry’s document was of ‘immense public interest’ but lost the case on September 23 after judge Carl Nichols ruled it should remain private.
The case was brought because visa applicants must by law declare whether they have taken drugs.
Last week, an American think-tank announced they wanted to reopen the case to get Prince Harry’s secret U.S. visa application made public
The Heritage Foundation questioned why the Duke of Sussex was allowed into the U.S. with his wife Meghan in 2020
In his controversial memoir, the duke said cocaine ‘didn’t do anything for me’, adding: ‘Marijuana is different, that actually really did help me.’ Heritage’s original lawsuit argued that U.S. law ‘generally renders such a person inadmissible for entry’ to the country.
Failure to do so can lead to deportation, and Heritage wanted the U.S. Government to release the records to see what Harry said about drug usage.
Now, Heritage has submitted a new court filing as it tries to reopen the case as it was not allowed to see private submissions to the judge by the Biden administration.
In his controversial memoir, the duke said cocaine ‘didn’t do anything for me’, adding: ‘Marijuana is different, that actually really did help me.’ Heritage’s original lawsuit argued that U.S. law ‘generally renders such a person inadmissible for entry’ to the country.
