Uganda pulls out of invictus…

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Guess an Ugandan tour won’t be planned anytime soon? 😬

ETA: For those not on X, the Ugandan General’s tweet was:

In order not to be construed as being opposed to His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom, whom we deeply revere, Uganda hereby withdraws from the invictus games. We shall not participate in anything that does not have His Majesty's approval.

https://x.com/mkainerugaba/status/2097502875966382580?s=46&t=ALGAiHxwK3XXeRoDQylnWA

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d7pzyjzllo

Bit of an awkward statement… not sure what to make of it?

Not really up on anything H & M wise apart from they came back but wasn’t Uganda the country that only just joined up ? Or was that another country ?

I don't get it

Why would they pull out of the games? The king isn't against the event is he?

Okay, I’ve been reading more about it, this is apparently par for the course with this guy.
So don’t know if anything should be read into it apart from this a very unserious person.
Humorous but unserious

What do you mean ?

So Charles has made it clear countries should boycott a charity that helps veterans? This is awful.

We desperately need a professional head of state. Not an inherited family who bring their family disputes into their sphere.

@GoldThumb your comment makes zero sense

Is that seriously your understanding of what happened? Wow…

Charles putting out that statement has provided them with an excuse to pull out. It’s simple as that. The only losers are the athletes sadly.

Of all the things the Royals do, Invictus is the most on trend I’d say.

Did he say that ? He didn't.

Thats a ridiculous move on the part of Uganda and a dumb tweet. That guy sounds unstable, like anyone who is using a social media platform to make global announcements.

But I don’t understand why a country can even decide that their veterans compete or not.

Should that not be up to the veterans themselves?

That Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of President Yoweri Museveni is known for controversial statements on social media.

Yes so what does that mean though? He doesn't mean this ?

So he told the truth instead of inventing a diplomatic reason

The Ugandan government say Charles has asked them not to have veterans compete in invictus and they have agreed to the request.

Source? It sounds most unlikely.

And I mean actual source, not just your understanding of it.

This whole post is about that source. Read the opening post

You’ve misunderstood.
KC has clarified that Harry is not a working royal, so it naturally follows that Ingriftus does not have royal endorsement.
How did you get “KC has asked Uganda not to have their veterans compete” from this?

No it doesn't say that.

@KilkennyCats invictus has never had royal approval. The royals don't even attend any of the events. An unprofessional disgrace.

The statement clearly says they won't take part in invictus as taking part does not have Charles approval. They name Charles specifically.

In order not to be construed as being opposed to His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom, whom we deeply revere, Uganda hereby withdraws from the invictus games. We shall not participate in anything that does not have His Majesty's approval.

No he hasn't

It means blaming KC for the rantings of this man is a foolish response.

The Invictus Games were founded by Prince Harry, when he was joint patron of The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, along with Sir Keith Mills, and in partnership with the Ministry of Defence.

@OneLilacHedgehog

How can it not have Royal approval when it was founded by Prince Harry?

Are you saying he’s not Royal? Or he didn’t attend?