ABUJA, Nigeria — ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan will go to Nigeria in Could for talks on the Invictus Video games, which he based to assist the rehabilitation of wounded and sick servicemembers and veterans, a Nigerian official stated Sunday.
An announcement from Nigerian protection spokesman Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau didn’t say precisely when the Duke of Sussex will arrive in Africa, a spot he has lengthy stated is near his coronary heart. Harry is predicted to make the journey after a service at London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral to mark the tenth anniversary of the video games.
Among the many nations that participated in final 12 months’s video games was Nigeria, whose navy has been preventing a lethal battle towards Islamic extremists within the nation’s northeast since 2009.
Modeled after the Warrior Video games in the USA, the Invictus Video games have been based by Harry in 2014 to supply wounded veterans the problem of competing in sports activities occasions just like the Paralympics.
Harry served in Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter copilot gunner in 2012-2013 and has championed veterans in want of help.
His go to to Nigeria will embrace cultural actions and can “consolidate Nigeria’s stronghold on the video games and the opportunity of internet hosting the occasion in later years,” Gusau stated.
In his latest Netflix collection in regards to the video games, Harry stated he didn’t have the help he wanted when he returned dwelling from fight in Afghanistan.
Talking about post-traumatic stress dysfunction, he stated his return from Afghanistan in 2012 triggered feelings that he suppressed after the loss of life of his mom, Princess Diana, when he was simply 12 years previous.
The prince, whose troubles with the royal household have been extensively chronicled, stated the affect of Diana’s loss of life was by no means mentioned.
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Kirka reported from London.
