WeAreInvictus - X

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A fitting endorsement from Fred Hargreaves OBE who on X wrote, “As ever, a genuine and heart-felt speech from the Duke of Sussex - the driving force and passion behind the #InvictusGames. So good to see this Award, and share the stage with Elizabeth, Kirsty and Israel.”

From the Royal Website, how the ‘driving force’ - Harry - brought Invictus into being:

https://www.royal.uk/invictus-games

Positive Harry posts have been flooding X. Haters were out too. Some negatively posting in a quasi-forensic manner. No ‘gotcha’ revelations, however, nor tens of thousands of likes which the repost of Harry’s speech on ESPN by the knowledgeable Robert Griffin III now has. In less than 2 days 51+K likes and still rising.

I also checked out some (too many) #Sussexsquad posters. It revealed teachers, veterans, different nationalities, colours, creeds, nurses, retired folk etc etc. Thus I formed a completely different understanding about the use of the hashtag to support the Sussex family. There were also very strange users of the hashtag too. The hashtag was additionally utilised to send the message out on X to put the anti-Harry and Meghan posters or ‘derangers’, as they are often called, on mute and not to engage. Quite a restrained and civil position to promote and many did just that. Invictus awareness was successfully brought to those who had never heard of the international fraternity of veterans with disabilities and injuries by this hashtag alone.

Watching the videos on X I saw Harry speak with sincerity and humility under pressure. His words, “The truth is, I stand here not as Prince Harry, Pat Tillman Award recipient, but rather a voice on behalf of the Invictus Games Foundation and the thousands of veterans and service personnel from over 20 nations who have made the Invictus Games a reality. This award belongs to them. Not to me.”

Harry has now been awarded, by a very diverse online presence, a new respect. And I do believe he’s also a jolly good fellow…and so say many, many, many of us. 😊💙

I am so glad I went on my very new X twitter account for I was disgusted with the Daily Mail’s use of Pat Tillman’s mother to denigrate Prince Harry as it was totally uncalled for. Call it for what it was - a hit piece of journalism designed to create a mini storm online. We know nothing about the context of how they obtained words supposedly said by Pat’s mother about Harrry. I was aghast too at how Pat’s widow has also been treated by some online posters. Her foundation may not be perfect but she does more than anyone to honour him. Pat’s mother also did not go on any mainstream American media either where her complaints would have been listened to and would have provided the much needed context for the hate motivated article by a newspaper under the spotlight for its nefarious journalism and click bait articles about Harry.

Harry’s response was beautiful. The way Harry acknowledged Pat’s mother went further than him being a royal. It was a standout out moment of what being human is all about. I do believe he’s also a jolly good fellow…and so say many, many, many of us. 😊💙

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Johnny Mercer was very active in engaging with Invictus

Johnny Mercer spunked £26m of taxpayers money to coax Harold's vanity project to the UK not long before the announcement of the rival Nigerian faux tour bid.

Fucking nauseating 😡

I can guarantee that he won’t be on Harry’s speed dial now he’s lost his seat to Labour and is no longer an MP.

It can't be emphasised too much. That's what is wrong with the current situation. I think there's way too much complacency (or willful blindness) on this thread about rumblings from the veterans about the way things are going.

All that seems to matter to some people here is that H & M get to bask in what should by rights be the veterans' glory. I really think it would be a good start if Meghan butted out of Invictus completely and let Harry do what he used to do. She needs to focus on her projects and leave this one alone.

Hilarious, they name change so often they forget which character they're playing.

Mr Benn wouldn’t forget.

Although he could cheat and refer to his wheel.

Same here. Such poignant examples of resilience in the face of sometimes utterly overwhelming challenge (think amputee “Daily Pain Level of 9/10 Cabe, such a star) which should resonate with every parent as an example for their offspring…

Brought to us by the good Harry, of course, and the Invictus team and their funders! 🌟

100 percent!!!

De olde “Invictus Wasn’t Started By Harry” boring rant, can barely believe some are still regurgitating it, Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

No wonder Monty Python The Holy Grail’s monk scene springs to mind….

”Pie Jesu Domine, Harry Didn’t Start Invictus (in Latin), Aaaaamen!”

😂😂😂

… or that should be: “Aaaaaaaamen - THUD!!”

Maybe we are looking at the Invictus Games and Harold all wrong. Maybe, he walked away from the RF, their titles, ancestral hierarchy, funded from the two Duchy's established as funding for the RF. Maybe, just maybe, he moved to America to connect on a spiritual level with The Warrior Games, his inspiration for the Invictus Games. Hmmm .....

😂😂😂

Let’s all bow to the fountain of knowledge 😂😂😂

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I agree, both the trip to Canada and Nigeria were complete vanity trips, paid for by other suckers, I do hope IG didn't foot the bill for the gluttonous wardrobe etc, a disgusting use of charity funding if it was. Certainly from what I saw and heard both trips were a 'glorification of oneselves' trip with a tiny hint of IG when they absolutely had to - that really isn't supporting the veterans or games, it's pure greed, self indulgence and vanity

Do you ever ask yourself why, though?

Also, genuinely, the Whistler trip - I thought the Games were starting? No, it was a year to go! Why?

FloofPaws · Today 07:14

And I wonder how long it will take for people to wake up to this? What will these countries ultimately gain from footing the bill for Meghan to sashay around in designer frocks, arriving late and hogging the mic?

Genuine question: if anyone has any figures on just how the Nigeria trip helped non-elite Nigerians, I'd be interested to know.

I get the impression that the invitation to Nigeria was about internal Nigerian politics (army vs government), possibly with a dash of external power politics with an interest.

Harry, Meghan and IG were (willing) pawns in a political game.

Let's face it, Nigeria will not be a realistic place to host the games for many years to come, due to the security situation.

The military inspection Harry carried out on a non royal, not government approved visit was particularly egregious. Mark Toth’s articles on the activities of these two, and the hostile powers rubbing their hands and waiting to fill the voids if/when old allegiances break down, need to be heeded.

It is a pattern.

Let's go and do a quasi-Royal visit somewhere.

Let's say it's for Invictus.

Invictus is their excuse to act all Royal and expect to be feted.

Fat-finger edits.

Agree, except that I think IG would have been (quietly) furious.

As they were at Dusseldorf, and as they must be at Harry claiming to represent them at the ESPY debacle in the most boorish way.

I think IG have been quietly furious for a long time. More fools them if they don't act soon.

An insightful post, Mymilkshake, but I rather doubt H&M would be capable of considering the wider points here - Harry because he just doesn't have the intellect and Meghan because it would involve focus on someone other than herself

It seems to me that, faced with the opportunity to be lauded by a few "leaders" - no matter how shabby - this would come before everything else

@Puzzledandpissedoff I think the term “useful idiot” is applicable. They may well be undermining the royal family and commonwealth for purely personal reasons related to their own bitterness. But figures like Andrew Holness with their own agendas will quite happily oblige them, posing for pictures with one eye on the bigger picture. The Sussexes have done their level best to damage the reputation of the RF, which is not a sideshow but integral to our system of governance and national identity, whether some of us like it or not.

Mymilkshakebringsallthepapstomycar · Today 10:10

Definitely!

There really are hostile powers (China, Russia) out there who find the division and controversy stirred up by people like H & M very useful for their agenda.

They're targeting discontent in Commonwealth countries but also know that insidiously undermining confidence in the UK's political system can be used to their advantage.

H & M's antics and those of their minions in the SS may look like trivial, show-biz fluff, but actually things like this can and do have an effect on history!

Fortunately, H& M keep coming out with "cunning plans" ala Baldrick in "Black Adder" that dramatically backfire and piss off an increasingly large number of people.