Royal tour: Prince Harry and Meghan to launch Invictus Games

Prince Harry and Meghan have arrived at Sydney Opera House for the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games for injured service personnel.

It comes a year after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their first official public look at the event - started by the prince in 2014.

The start of the rite, the latest stop on the couple's Australian tour, was late by thunderstorms.
Earlier, they salaried their respects to Australia and New Zealand's war heroes.

They were joined by the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison for the opening of a memorial which commemorate those who fell in World War I, as well as conflict includng Korea, Afghanistan and Iraq.


Harry with Meghan then took in the first event of the Invictus Games - the Jaguar Land Rover Driving brave at the city's Cockatoo Island.

The duke offered medals to the appealing teams, as well as testing his motivating skills on the children's remote control car course.

The Invictus sport will see athletes from 18 countries compete in 11 sports over eight days.
The duke, who served in the Army for 10 years, found the Invictus Games in 2014 with the aim of helping wounded service workers and veterans with their physical and psychological rehabilitation.
That year the games were held in London, before title to Florida in 2016 and Toronto last year.


Twelve months on from their first official look together, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have since got married and announce they are expecting a child in spring.
The couple are in the center of a 16-day tour of Australia and New Zealand.