The Duchess of Sussex will not accompany the Duke of Sussex on his upcoming visit to the United Kingdom. An Invictus Games representative verified that he will attend the service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday, May 8th. His attendance at the service, which will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the games for wounded servicemen and women, has been the subject of conjecture for days. The Invictus poem is scheduled to be spoken by actor Damian Lewis at St. Paul's.
The Invictus Games Foundation will commemorate 10 years of making a difference in people's lives by holding a service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul's Cathedral on May 8th, according to a statement shared on the organization's social media sites. To commemorate the event, we will be joined by our Patron, the Duke of Sussex, as well as actor Damian Lewis and members of the global Invictus Community. The Duchess of Sussex's attendance is not mentioned in the announcement.
The event will take place only two days after the Duchess of Sussex's son Archie's fifth birthday. The Duke of Sussex and the Ministry of Defense Cole founded the Invictus Games, which had their inaugural event in London from September 10th to the 14th, 2014. Vancouver and Whistler, Canada, will host the upcoming 2025 games. Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, skeleton, and wheelchair curling are winter adaptive sports that will be included for the first time in early 2020.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their resignation as senior working royals and relocated to the United States soon after with their two children, Princess Lilibet, who is 2 years old, and Prince Archie, who is 4 years old. The pair now resides in Montecito, California. Last year, the Duke and Duchess were in attendance at a preliminary event for the games in the United States.
There were rumors that he would opt to watch the Thanksgiving service online or use a pre-recorded statement instead of physically being there after losing his security dispute with the UK Home Office earlier this year and expressing his fears about safety.
