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

0:03 Callarogu Shark Media. In today's news, Harry and Meghan open Invictus Harry dances and droppers at park while the King has Stanley Tucci over for dinner. Hello, and welcome to Pallace Intrigugam, your host, Mark Francis. Prince Harry and Meghan Mirkael kicked off the Invictus Games in Vancouver with a spirited display of support for teen UK, cheering from the stands as competitors took the stage, but their public appearance came just as US President Donald Trump took a jab at the couple in a new interview. When asked whether Prince Harry should be deported, Trump shrugged, I'll leave him alone, before adding he's got enough problems with his wife. She's terrible.

0:47 Poor Harry has been led around by the nose. Undeterred, the couple remained focused on the event, which marks the seventh edition of the Games since Harry founded them in twenty fourteen. This year's competition sees over five hundreds did military veterans competing in eleven events, including winter sports. For the first time, at the opening ceremony, Harry, who served in Afghanistan and has witnessed first hand the toll of war on his comrades, delivered an emotional speech to the forty thousand strong crowd. We gather here in Vancouver in a spirit of unity, beyond any differences here at the Invictor Schemes, we are grounded in mutual respect, competing fiercely but believing in one another, he said, Acknowledging Canada's Indigenous First Nations peoples, he thanked them for hosting the games.

1:34 Harry also had a message for the competitors. Over the past decade, I've lost count of the times we've heard you tell us that the Invictor Schemes saved you. Respectfully, I disagree. Invictus didn't save you. You saved yourself. Some thought one section of this speech might be addressing Trump, when Harry said, at this moment, when there is no shortage of crises, no absence of uncertainty, no lack of weak moral character in the world, the values you in body, the way you carry yourselves, not only at the Invictus Games, but each and every day. Your courage, your resilience, your humanity illuminated path forward for us. All The Knight's Entertainment featured Coldplays, Chris Martin performing the Invictus anthem, which he penned in twenty fourteen, followed by Nellie Fittado singing I Am Like a Bird alongside dance crew Illabilities. Pop icon Katy Perry closed out the show with a performance of her hit Raw, capping off what is said to be the biggest Invictors Games yet. Harry was caught in a classic case of dad dancing with Megan cheering the amusing footage on Instagram. During a breakfast meeting with Canada's Invictus Games team, the forty year old Royal enthusiastically moved his feet and shook his hips, much to the delight of those in attendance. At an evening welcome reception, Meghan spoke warmly about Harry's dedication to the event, telling attendees, you will see him throughout this week. You will see him at the games. You will see him probably curling with you, cheering you on. He wants to be there with you, is in it with you. What you won't have seen is all of the moments in the lead up to these games, and my husband's in all of that with us.

3:07 And then he'll be on his phone, and Archie will say, Papa, why are you on the phone. He's like, because it's invectus. I'm getting ready for Invectus. 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. Body language expert Judy James seemed excited by Meghan's cheerleader behavior, telling the Mirror, when Meghan picked up two big blue pomp poms and danced with him above her head, it was a fitting symbolic gesture, as her body language at the Games so far seems to be very emphatically defining her in the role of Harry's cheerleader and number one fan. She has put herself in the role of vector here, pointing the audience and their affection in Harry's direction. Her speech included comments like you will see him throughout the week, you will see him at the Games to create a sense of anticipation, and her gestures poses during the opening ceremony showed contagious adoration and awe as she clung to his arm in excitement and support or gazed at his face as he was mentioned from the stage. Harry took a brief detour from the Evictors Games to step into the ice at Roger's Arena, performing the ceremonial puck drop before the Vancouver Canucks faced off against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

4:21 Flanked by Canuck's owner Francesco Acalini and two Invictor's Games athletes, the Duke of Sussex dropped the puck between Leaf's captain Austin Matthews and Canuck's defenseman Tyler Meyers. Megan watched from the Knucks bench. This marks the second time Harry has dropped the park at the Canuck's game, having previously done so last November when he announced the official dates for the twenty twenty five Invictors Games. The Canucks are two and ozer with the Sussexes in attendance. Interestingly, Queen Elizabeth also did a Canuck's puck drop when she visited in two thousand and two. We were too lazy to look at whether or not the Canucks won that game. Harry and Meghan had kicked off the Invictors Games Vancouver Whistler twenty twenty five with a surprise breakfast visit to Team USA, much to the delight of the competitors. Retired Master Sergeant Blenka Barkero Cruz summed up the moment, calling Prince Harry absolutely amazing for his ongoing support of wounded warriors, both those with visible injuries and those dealing with invisible wounds.

5:22 Major Ashley Christman, a participant, said we didn't know for sure that they were going to be at breakfast with us this morning. It was a really intimate connection. Prince Harry is the foundation of togetherness for us and that fighting spirit. Teammate Christopher Bird, who survived a Taliban ied attack in Afghanistan in two thousand and eight, was thrilled to meet Harry, recalling that he had heard about the Prince's service while they were both deployed town and country, and their exclusive story quoted Bird as saying, I always respected that we got a cheeky selfie. Will observe that it's curious. An American soldier used the term cheeky, but we thank Harry and Meghan's press team for making sure this story god publicized. Palace intriguably wrote back. Meanwhile, King Charles and Queen Camilla hosted a distinguished Italian themed dinner at High Grove, welcoming an array of notable guests, including David and Victoria Beckham, Dame Helen Mirren, and Donatella Versaci.

6:18 The evening served as a prelude to the royal couple's forthcoming state visit to Italy and the Vatican in April, which will also mark their twentieth wedding and adversary. The King spoke warmly of his affection for Italian cuisine and culture, remarking good food brings people together and what we choose to eat helps to define us. He went on to praise the evening's celebration of slow food, a philosophy that prioritizes fresh, locally sourced ingredients and traditional culinary techniques. The menu, crafted by Calabrian chef Francesco Matzai, featured a blend of Italian recipes prepared with British ingredients, accompanied by both English and Italian wines. Among the highlights were Scottish crab panzanella, Westcombe, ricotta ravioli in Suffolk read porchetta, followed by Zuppa in Glazy for dessert. Guests toasted the occasion with High Grove sparkling wine and a selection of fine Italian vintages, adding to the convivial atmosphere. Stanley Tucci, whose passion for Italian cuisine influenced the evening's menu, joined the King in preparing cocktails with herbs sourced from the High Grove gardens. His Majesty, in a moment of lightheartedness, quipped, I can only hope they are still talking to each other at the end of it all. The King concluded the evening with a toast in Italian to Italy's timeless food culture. And there you have it. Inflect to email. That's address is the Palace Intrigue at gmail dot com. Please follow us at Spotify, Apple or the Apple Choice and leave us a review of five stars. If you're enjoying the show, don't forget.

7:46 You can get this show, along with hundreds of others from Callaogo Shark Media commercial free. All the details of in the show notes. I'm Mark Francis. Thanks to John mcnermot This is Palet's entry. Godans