Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Reportedly Planning a Major First for Archie and Lili
It’s off to the 2025 Invictus Games for Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. The Sussex kids are reportedly gearing up for their first-ever trip to the competition with their parents, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, next year.
Harry and Meghan are thinking about taking Archie and Lili to the Invictus Games in Canada
According to Express, the Invictus Games 2025 Vancouver Whistler is poised to be a Sussex family affair. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are, per the outlet, considering bringing Archie, 5, and Lili, 3, to the competition. It will be held in Canada from Feb.8-16, 2025.
They’re said to be working on logistics surrounding the opening ceremony, which includes considering taking Archie and Lili with them to the “family-focused” event.
“Harry and Meghan are planning to take Archie and Lilibet to help promote a new ‘family-friendly’ Invictus Games,” a source said.
The opening ceremony is scheduled for Feb. 8, 2024, at BC Place Vancouver. Athletes competing in the games are encouraged to bring their families.
If Harry and Meghan do make the games a Sussex family affair, it’d certainly be meaningful. The reason is that the last time they were in Canada at the games was in 2017, when they made their first public appearance together as a couple.
Plus, Harry and Meghan have kept Archie and Lili largely out of the public eye since relocating to Montecito, California, in 2020. Save for the occasional mention, the kids’ lives remain private.
The public’s most recent glimpse of them came courtesy of Harry and Meghan’s 2021 Oprah interview and 2022 Netflix docuseries.
Harry and Meghan are ‘very involved’ in making the competition family-friendly
The insider also shared the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have played a big role in adding more family-friendly elements to the 2025 competition.
“The Sussexes have been very involved with the organisational [sic] elements of the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler events,” they said.
“And it was very much their idea to make this a family-friendly games so that those taking part can bring their children along.”
This comes after Harry and Meghan visited Vancouver in February 2024 for the “One Year to Go” event. There, they met competitors at the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort.
Harry even tried out some of the new sports that have been added to the games, such as skeleton bobsledding.
The 39-year-old also marked 10 years of the competition with a service at London, England’s St. Paul’s Cathedral in May 2024. At the time there’d been speculation Archie and Lili could join him, along with Meghan. Ultimately, however, Harry made the trip solo.
The public may get a glimpse of Archie and Lili before the 2025 Invictus Games
Apart from the games, there’s a chance Archie and Lili could make an appearance before then. Where? Possibly on their parents’ upcoming Netflix shows.
Harry and Meghan both have new programs on the way at the streamer—a polo documentary (Harry) and a gardening and cooking series (Meghan).
While the couple are said to disagree on how involved Archie and Lili should be in the projects, much, if not all, of the filming has already wrapped (via The Daily Beast).
Meghan was previously reported to be eager to put Archie and Lili in front of the camera to get them involved with her work, similar to what Kate Middleton’s done in the past with her and Prince William’s three children: Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.
Titles and release dates for Harry and Meghan’s new Netflix shows have yet to be announced. So, for now, that means waiting to see if Archie and Lili make an appearance when they premiere. And, of course, waiting until the 2025 Invictus Games get underway in February 2025.
