Prince Harry addressed the NATO military committee via video link about the role of his charity Invictus in supporting wounded, sick and injured service members and veterans.
The Duke of Sussex, 40, spoke to the committee “about the breadth and development of the Invictus program and the progress it is making to broaden the scope of its mission.”
Although Harry himself did not attend the meeting in New York, he did send a delegation from the Invictus Games group.
The meeting comes a year after the Duke’s documentary about the 2023 Invictus Games, ‘Heart of Invictus’, aired on Netflix, bringing new attention to the plight of injured soldiers.
Harry and his wife Meghan Markle signed a five-year, £80 million deal with the streaming giant in 2020, shortly after they decided to step back from public life.
Prince Harry addresses NATO military committee via video conference
Prince Harry photographed with singer Michael Bublé at an Invictus Games event this year
Since then, they have aired a six-part autobiographical series, ‘Harry & Meghan’.
Two more shows are understood to be in the works, one focusing on Meghan, which Netflix says will “celebrate the pleasures of cooking, gardening, entertaining and friendship.”
The other is the brainchild of Prince Harry, offering “unprecedented access to the world of professional polo, primarily filmed at the US Open Polo Championship in Wellington, Florida.”
Netflix said: “The series will pull back the curtain on the sport, known primarily for its aesthetic and social scene, capturing the full story of what it takes to compete at the highest level.”
Last week, a US think tank announced it wanted to reopen the case to make public Prince Harry’s secret US visa application after he admitted to taking drugs in his memoirs.
The Heritage Foundation questioned why the Duke of Sussex was allowed to enter the US with his wife Meghan in 2020 following his reference to cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushroom use in his book Spare, which was published in January 2023.
The Washington DC conservative group filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after a Freedom of Information request was denied. Heritage claimed Harry’s document was of “immense public interest” but lost the case on September 23 after Judge Carl Nichols ruled it should remain private.
The case was initiated because visa applicants must by law declare whether they have used drugs.
Last week, a US think tank announced it wanted to reopen the case to make Prince Harry’s secret US visa application public.
The Heritage Foundation questioned why the Duke of Sussex was allowed to enter the United States with his wife Meghan in 2020
In his controversial memoir, the duke said cocaine “did nothing for me”, adding: “Marijuana is different, that really helped me.” Heritage’s original lawsuit argued that U.S. law “generally makes entry of such a person inadmissible” into the country.
Failure to do so can result in deportation, and Heritage wanted the U.S. government to release the records to see what Harry said about drug use.
Now, Heritage has filed a new court filing as it attempts to reopen the case, as the Biden administration did not allow the judge to see private presentations.
In his controversial memoir, the duke said cocaine “did nothing for me”, adding: “Marijuana is different, that really helped me.” Heritage’s original lawsuit argued that U.S. law “generally makes entry of such a person inadmissible” into the country.