Invictus Games competitors have weighed in on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's PDA at the sporting event.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex travelled to Canada for the 2025 Games, where Prince Harry, 40, reunited with a veteran who he served with in Afghanistan.
James Phelps, who took part in the 2025 Invictus Athlete, was deployed to Afghanistan in 2012 with Prince Harry.
Phelps's wife Cynthia expressed deep respect for Prince Harry's military service and commitment to the Invictus Games.
Invictus Games competitors weigh in on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's PDA
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"We have a high regard for him," she told Us Weekly, noting the Games' connection to the 2012 Camp Bastion attack.
"It was, like, two years after that attack that the Invictus Games were founded."
Cynthia also opened up about the Duke's PDA with his wife, Meghan Markle.
The royal couple were seen kissing at the opening ceremony, and frequently held hands as they walked around the stadiums.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were 'cheek to cheek', according to someone at the Games
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She praised Harry and Meghan's personal approach to the Games.
Cynthia said: "Every time that he and Meghan have come together — they're hand-in-hand, cheek-to-cheek — telling us how much it means to them.
"Every time we've had any contact with them, it is so genuine.
"They make it feel like it's just you and them alone in a room."
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry holding hands in Canada
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Nearly a decade after they first met while serving in Afghanistan, Phelps and Harry reunited in San Diego in 2023.
Phelps told the publication: “He came down and picked, like, eight of us to have lunch with them.
“So I was one of the eight that got to have lunch with him. When we sat down we shared stories about how we had met before — he signed my line badge and gave me a Prince Harry coin.
"There were no cameras. There was nothing, no publicity. It was just him and a bunch of guys.”
