The Invictus Games Highlight How Much Better It Was To Be Royal

Last week, Harry and Meghan were in Whistler, Canada, for One Year to Go, a group of events in anticipation of the 2025 Invictus Games. It looks like Invictus Games are now every other year, alternating with this promotional set of events that Harry and Meghan undertake on the off years. Or at least that has been the set up for the last couple of cycles. Obviously, the Invictus Games provide the couple with the closest thing they have to a royal tour every year, and the structure it in a similar way, with varied events. This year, the couple made visits to the Lil’Wat Nation, which certainly felt more like a royal tour than a wounded warriors event.

If you think about it, Invictus is the couple’s only lasting successful venture. Especially as the formerly royal couple have been low-key lobbying to be let back into the royal fold, I was interested to reflect that in the span of a week—as they essentially downgraded their Archewell organization and jetted to Canada to promote the Invictus Games—Meghan and Harry inadvertently highlighted the difference in success between a royal initiative and all their projects since losing their royal status. The contrast could not be more clear.

Although some fans point to the Invictus Games as proof the Sussexes can create massively successful initiatives, that’s not really true at all. Although the couple are reaping the benefits of Invictus as a project and platform, it is very much a creature of their former status as royals.

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