Prince Harry Gets Animated During Sitting Volleyball at Invictus Games’ Final Weekend

Prince Harry wouldn’t miss the last rounds of competition at the Invictus Games.

On Feb. 15, the Duke of Sussex and founding patron of the Invictus Games adaptive sports tournament for veterans watched sitting volleyball on the Games’ penultimate day. Harry, 40, got animated in the stands, cheering — and looking anxious at points — as the gold and bronze medal matches took place.

At the end of the competition, Brazil earned the gold medal in the sport, with Nigeria going home with silver and Ukraine taking bronze.

Recapping the event, the description on Prince Harry’s website said, “It was a fierce, competitive display that highlighted the competitors’ physical and mental fortitude. The exciting conclusion served as a poignant reminder of the impact of these games — uniting people from around the world in a powerful display of courage, hope, and shared humanity.”

It’s been a busy week for Prince Harry, who has been on the move from the minute the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 began last Saturday. The Duke of Sussex has attended many athletic matches as over 500 athletes from 23 nations go for the gold in eleven adaptive sports, including six winter sports for the first time. Exclusively speaking to PEOPLE, Prince Harry opened up about the joy of staging the Games in Canada again.

“It’s incredible to be back in Canada. Canada couldn’t be more appropriate to host the first Winter Games. Everyone is so excited,” Prince Harry tells PEOPLE.

Harry, a former captain in the British Army, launched the Invictus Games as an international adaptive sports tournament for wounded, injured and sick veterans and service personnel in 2014 to use the power of sport as a means for healing. The current competition is the Games’ seventh cycle and first return to a former host country following the 2017 Toronto Games, where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle memorably made their first official public appearance as a couple at a wheelchair tennis match.

Harry and Meghan, 43, went on to wed in 2018, and she has supported him at Invictus competitions ever since. The Duchess of Sussex celebrated her husband’s commitment to uplifting through Invictus in an unscripted speech on the eve of the Opening Ceremony. 

“You are his family, just as we are his family. And I hope you recognize how much of his heart he has poured into every single beat that has gotten all of you to this week that is going to be spectacular,” Meghan said then. 

Speaking to PEOPLE in Vancouver on Feb. 9, Prince Harry said it was “amazing” to have Meghan experience Invictus with him. 

“To have my wife here supporting me is amazing. I love that she’s by my side,” the Duke of Sussex tells PEOPLE. “It’s such an important piece to this whole adventure.”

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped out in sync (with some sweet PDA!) during the first several days of the Invictus Games, which are being held in Vancouver and Whistler from Feb. 8 to Feb. 16. In accordance with a pre-planned arrangement, Meghan headed home early to be with the couple’s young children, Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3.

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Meghan kept fans looped after she headed back to California by posting a picture to the Instagram Stories of her newly launched Instagram account about how she, Archie and Lilibet were rooting for the Games from home. 

“A taste of Canada and The Invictus Games for our little ones!” the Duchess of Sussex wrote over a photo of a kid-friendly charcuterie board with Archie and Lilibet’s names emblazoned on Team Nigeria jerseys Harry and Meghan received at the tournament. “Cheering you on from home!”

The Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 conclude on Sunday, Feb. 16 with the rowing finals and a star-studded Closing Ceremony where Jelly Roll, Barenaked Ladies and The War and Treaty will perform. 

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