Feb. 10, 2025

Harry and Meghan's date night, Trump says Harry has his hands full with her, and The King has Stanley Tucci over for dinner

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In today’s news, Harry & Meghan open Invictus, Harry dances and drops a puck, while The King has Stanley Tucci over for dinner.

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Callarogu Shark Media. In today's news, Harry and Meghan open

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Invictus Harry dances and droppers at park while the King

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has Stanley Tucci over for dinner. Hello, and welcome to

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Pallace Intrigugam, your host, Mark Francis. Prince Harry and Meghan

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Mirkael kicked off the Invictus Games in Vancouver with a

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spirited display of support for teen UK, cheering from the

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stands as competitors took the stage, but their public appearance

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came just as US President Donald Trump took a jab

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at the couple in a new interview. When asked whether

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Prince Harry should be deported, Trump shrugged, I'll leave him alone,

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before adding he's got enough problems with his wife. She's terrible.

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Poor Harry has been led around by the nose. Undeterred,

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the couple remained focused on the event, which marks the

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seventh edition of the Games since Harry founded them in

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twenty fourteen. This year's competition sees over five hundreds did

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military veterans competing in eleven events, including winter sports. For

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the first time, at the opening ceremony, Harry, who served

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in Afghanistan and has witnessed first hand the toll of

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war on his comrades, delivered an emotional speech to the

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forty thousand strong crowd. We gather here in Vancouver in

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a spirit of unity, beyond any differences here at the

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Invictor Schemes, we are grounded in mutual respect, competing fiercely

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but believing in one another, he said, Acknowledging Canada's Indigenous

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First Nations peoples, he thanked them for hosting the games.

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Harry also had a message for the competitors. Over the

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past decade, I've lost count of the times we've heard

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you tell us that the Invictor Schemes saved you. Respectfully,

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I disagree. Invictus didn't save you. You saved yourself. Some

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thought one section of this speech might be addressing Trump,

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when Harry said, at this moment, when there is no

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shortage of crises, no absence of uncertainty, no lack of

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weak moral character in the world, the values you in body,

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the way you carry yourselves, not only at the Invictus Games,

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but each and every day. Your courage, your resilience, your

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humanity illuminated path forward for us. All The Knight's Entertainment

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featured Coldplays, Chris Martin performing the Invictus anthem, which he

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penned in twenty fourteen, followed by Nellie Fittado singing I

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Am Like a Bird alongside dance crew Illabilities. Pop icon

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Katy Perry closed out the show with a performance of

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her hit Raw, capping off what is said to be

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the biggest Invictors Games yet. Harry was caught in a

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classic case of dad dancing with Megan cheering the amusing

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footage on Instagram. During a breakfast meeting with Canada's Invictus

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Games team, the forty year old Royal enthusiastically moved his

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feet and shook his hips, much to the delight of

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those in attendance. At an evening welcome reception, Meghan spoke

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warmly about Harry's dedication to the event, telling attendees, you

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will see him throughout this week. You will see him

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at the games. You will see him probably curling with you,

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cheering you on. He wants to be there with you,

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is in it with you. What you won't have seen

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is all of the moments in the lead up to

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these games, and my husband's in all of that with us.

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And then he'll be on his phone, and Archie will say, Papa,

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why are you on the phone. He's like, because it's invectus.

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I'm getting ready for Invectus. You are his family, just

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as we are his family, and I hope you recognize

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how much of his heart he has poured into every

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single beat that has gotten all of you to this week.

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That is going to be spectacular. Body language expert Judy

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James seemed excited by Meghan's cheerleader behavior, telling the Mirror,

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when Meghan picked up two big blue pomp poms and

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danced with him above her head, it was a fitting

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symbolic gesture, as her body language at the Games so

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far seems to be very emphatically defining her in the

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role of Harry's cheerleader and number one fan. She has

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put herself in the role of vector here, pointing the

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audience and their affection in Harry's direction. Her speech included

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comments like you will see him throughout the week, you

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will see him at the Games to create a sense

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of anticipation, and her gestures poses during the opening ceremony

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showed contagious adoration and awe as she clung to his

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arm in excitement and support or gazed at his face

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as he was mentioned from the stage. Harry took a

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brief detour from the Evictors Games to step into the

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ice at Roger's Arena, performing the ceremonial puck drop before

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the Vancouver Canucks faced off against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Flanked by Canuck's owner Francesco Acalini and two Invictor's Games athletes,

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the Duke of Sussex dropped the puck between Leaf's captain

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Austin Matthews and Canuck's defenseman Tyler Meyers. Megan watched from

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the Knucks bench. This marks the second time Harry has

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dropped the park at the Canuck's game, having previously done

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so last November when he announced the official dates for

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the twenty twenty five Invictors Games. The Canucks are two

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and ozer with the Sussexes in attendance. Interestingly, Queen Elizabeth

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also did a Canuck's puck drop when she visited in

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two thousand and two. We were too lazy to look

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at whether or not the Canucks won that game. Harry

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and Meghan had kicked off the Invictors Games Vancouver Whistler

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twenty twenty five with a surprise breakfast visit to Team USA,

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much to the delight of the competitors. Retired Master Sergeant

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Blenka Barkero Cruz summed up the moment, calling Prince Harry

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absolutely amazing for his ongoing support of wounded warriors, both

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those with visible injuries and those dealing with invisible wounds.

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Major Ashley Christman, a participant, said we didn't know for

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sure that they were going to be at breakfast with

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us this morning. It was a really intimate connection. Prince

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Harry is the foundation of togetherness for us and that

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fighting spirit. Teammate Christopher Bird, who survived a Taliban ied

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attack in Afghanistan in two thousand and eight, was thrilled

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to meet Harry, recalling that he had heard about the

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Prince's service while they were both deployed town and country,

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and their exclusive story quoted Bird as saying, I always

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respected that we got a cheeky selfie. Will observe that

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it's curious. An American soldier used the term cheeky, but

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we thank Harry and Meghan's press team for making sure

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this story god publicized. Palace intriguably wrote back. Meanwhile, King

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Charles and Queen Camilla hosted a distinguished Italian themed dinner

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at High Grove, welcoming an array of notable guests, including

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David and Victoria Beckham, Dame Helen Mirren, and Donatella Versaci.

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The evening served as a prelude to the royal couple's

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forthcoming state visit to Italy and the Vatican in April,

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which will also mark their twentieth wedding and adversary. The

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King spoke warmly of his affection for Italian cuisine and culture,

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remarking good food brings people together and what we choose

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to eat helps to define us. He went on to

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praise the evening's celebration of slow food, a philosophy that

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prioritizes fresh, locally sourced ingredients and traditional culinary techniques. The menu,

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crafted by Calabrian chef Francesco Matzai, featured a blend of

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Italian recipes prepared with British ingredients, accompanied by both English

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and Italian wines. Among the highlights were Scottish crab panzanella, Westcombe,

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ricotta ravioli in Suffolk read porchetta, followed by Zuppa in

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Glazy for dessert. Guests toasted the occasion with High Grove

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sparkling wine and a selection of fine Italian vintages, adding

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to the convivial atmosphere. Stanley Tucci, whose passion for Italian

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cuisine influenced the evening's menu, joined the King in preparing

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cocktails with herbs sourced from the High Grove gardens. His Majesty,

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in a moment of lightheartedness, quipped, I can only hope

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they are still talking to each other at the end

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of it all. The King concluded the evening with a

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toast in Italian to Italy's timeless food culture. And there

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