{"id":795928,"date":"2026-07-11T23:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/795928\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T23:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:06:10","slug":"prince-harry-looks-giddy-at-invictus-games-despite-meghan-markle-dropping-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/795928\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Looks Giddy at Invictus Games Despite Meghan Markle Dropping Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Prince Harry<br \/>\n                          Enthusiastic at Invictus Games &#8230;<br \/>\n                          Despite Meghan Markle Dropping Out<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              July 11, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:22 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  July 11, 2026<br \/>\n                                1:53 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260711_faa58c6f19a14fb8bfd66125fecd05ac\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:69bb2e48-da77-4aaa-9916-62c6ce6bd0ab\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/faa58c6f19a14fb8bfd66125fecd05ac_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-prince-harry-meghan-markle-mega-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/prince-harry\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Harry<\/a> looked invincible at the Invictus Games on Friday &#8230; reveling in a video call he took at the charitable event &#8212; without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/meghan-markle\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a> by his side &#8212; shortly before he and his family hung with his dad and stepmom.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260711_ca8512de78324a94bcdc2edc5a9a68e3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:69bb2e48-da77-4aaa-9916-62c6ce6bd0ab\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ca8512de78324a94bcdc2edc5a9a68e3_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-prince-harry-mega-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the pics &#8230; Harry&#8217;s face lights up while chatting with someone on the phone &#8212; flashing that Sussex smile.<\/p>\n<p>ICYMI &#8230; Harry hung out around the event in Birmingham all afternoon &#8212; playing pickleball, wheelchair rugby and Hybrid Athletics activities with the pros before leaving the event for Highgrove House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/king-charles-iii\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">King Charles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/camilla-parker-bowles\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Camilla<\/a>&#8216;s personal residence, in Gloucester.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260710_f19548bc816849a1bfd17711cd2fe97e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:69bb2e48-da77-4aaa-9916-62c6ce6bd0ab\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f19548bc816849a1bfd17711cd2fe97e_md.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles's Highgrove House shutterstock 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t know much about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/10\/king-charles-reunites-with-prince-harry-meghan-markle\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their meeting<\/a> &#8230; but ITV reports the king and queen consort met with Harry, Meghan and their two young kids &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/archie-harrison-mountbatten-windsor\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Archie<\/a> and Princess Lilibet.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan ultimately dropped out of attending the Invictus Games event &#8230; with reports indicating a security issue caused the cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>The family reunion was a private visit, according to ITV &#8230; so information and photos won&#8217;t be forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>It was Charles and Camilla&#8217;s first visit with the grandkids since 2022 &#8230; when Archie and Lilibet were both toddlers. They&#8217;re 7 and 5 now, respectively &#8212; so there&#8217;s a lot of lost time to make up.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240314_61dc59ba66c34b5296ff3a923c82c0b7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:69bb2e48-da77-4aaa-9916-62c6ce6bd0ab\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/61dc59ba66c34b5296ff3a923c82c0b7_md.jpg\" alt=\"prince william and prince harry\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not among the attendees &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/prince-william\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince William<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kate-middleton\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Middleton<\/a> and co. Remember, William and Harry still aren&#8217;t on speaking terms since the Sussexes ditched the royals for life on the West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, Harry looked happy going into their visit &#8230; and, hopefully, he and the fam felt that way after, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry Enthusiastic at Invictus Games &#8230; Despite Meghan Markle Dropping Out Published July 11, 2026 1:22 PM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-795928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}