Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, react as they watch the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 wheelchair basketball gold medal match at Quaycentre in Sydney, Australia October 27, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble
October 27, 2018
By Will Ziebell
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan were greeted by rapturous applause on Saturday when they arrived for the final day of the Invictus Games in Sydney.
The royal couple watched most the wheelchair basketball final and then presented gold medals to the U.S. team which comfortably beat the Netherlands by 29 points to 17.
A large crowd had packed into Sydney’s Olympic Park to watch the last day of the week-long competition, with attention only diverted from the match for a short time as the couple entered and sat with the crowd.
The Invictus Games, founded by Harry, is an international paralympic-style event for military personnel wounded in action.
Former England soccer captain David Beckham, who is an Invictus ambassador, also attended the basketball match.
Both Harry and Meghan wore remembrance poppies on their chests, with Meghan’s fixed upon her maroon top.
On Saturday evening, Harry and Meghan are due to attend the closing ceremony of the event, which has seen some 500 competitors from 18 nations take part.
The royal couple will move on to New Zealand on Sunday, where they are expected to be greeted by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
The tour of Commonwealth countries has seen the royal couple meet drought-stricken Australian farmers, visit the world-famous Bondi Beach and spend time in the Pacific nations of Fiji and Tonga.
(Reporting by Will Ziebell; Editing by Joseph Radford)
