Inside Harry’s Invictus Games St Paul’s service: Duke of Sussex is seen laughing with veterans in new video from UK whistle-stop trip

Prince Harry was seen laughing with veterans during his flute trip to Britain for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games in a recently released video.

The Duke of Sussex spent three days in Britain in early May, where he attended a service Thanksgiving in St. Paul’s Cathedral London.

The event was attended by Harry, as well as senior figures from the Invictus Games Foundation, injured veterans who took part in the sporting event and famous faces such as actor Damian LewisMP Johnny Mercer and former triple jumper Jonathan Edwards.

In a video released by the foundation on Saturday evening, which allows viewers to see what happened behind closed doors after the service, the father-of-two was seen laughing and joking with those in attendance.

The Duke was also seen giving a speech from the pulpit in St Paul’s Church in which he quoted a verse from the Bible and said: ‘To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.’

Prince Harry was seen smiling and laughing with veterans at a reception after the Invictus Games Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on May 8

The Duke of Sussex appeared cheerful as he spoke to attendees at the 10th anniversary of the Games on May 8

Prine Harry waves and peaks at the crowd as he leaves the service at St Paul’s Cathedral on May 8

The footage also shows actor Lewis reading Invictus by English poet William Ernest Henley, a work closely linked to the sporting event founded by Harry.

“No matter how straight the hall, how burdensome with punishment the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul,” said Mr. Lewis.

An emotional talk was also given by Michelle Turner, the vice-captain of the British Invictus Games Team. She read a personal poem about how the games had helped her recovery and how they had affected her family.

At the end of the lecture she said in tears: ‘Thank you Invictus for giving me my life back.’

Harry was the only member of the royal family to attend the service, with King Charles simultaneously hosting the first annual garden party at Buckingham Palace – attended by other senior members of The Firm – in the capital.

The Duke was in good spirits when he arrived earlier in the day, waving and smiling at the crowd outside the cathedral, before warmly greeting the Dean of St Paul’s, the Very Reverend Andrew Tremlett, exchanging words with his uncle Earl Spencer and sitting next to him to sit. mentor Mark Dyer.

During the service, Harry read a passage from Corinthians 12 before a sermon.

He said: ‘To one is given by the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another in another the working of miracles, in another prophecy, in another the discerning of spirits, in another different kinds of tongues, and in another the interpretation of tongues.”

Upon leaving the event, he took the opportunity to take an impromptu walk, speaking and joking with members of the audience waiting outside.

In total, Harry spent three nights in the capital without seeing any relatives before meeting his wife Meghan at Heathrow airport and flying to Nigeria for a quasi-royal tour.

Harry was seen speaking to his uncle, Charles Spencer, after arriving at the service on May 8

The Duke also shared a joke with the Dean of St Paul’s, the Very Reverend Andrew Tremlett, on his arrival.

The prince was in London for three days during his short trip to Britain before leaving for a tour of Nigeria with his wife Meghan Markle

Despite the time he spent in the capital, Harry did not meet any members of the Royal family A row broke out after a spokesman for the prince suggested his father, King Charles, was “too busy” to see him.

Harry is said to have turned down an invitation from the king to stay at a royal residence when he visited Britain earlier this month because he had “security concerns”.

He is said to have rejected his father’s offer because it did not come with a taxpayer-funded personal security provision, which would leave him in a “visible location with public entrances and exits and without police protection.”

Instead, he opted to stay in a hotel – presumably with members of the public – as it meant he could ‘come and go unseen’, according to The Telegraph.

The newspaper further claimed that the Duke of Sussex ‘remains devastated’ over the withdrawal of his automatic right to police protection, which the Home Office is still fighting through the British courts.

If he wants to apply for security, he must now give the Metropolitan Police 28 days’ notice before coming to Britain. Each request is assessed on an individual basis by Ravec, the committee that oversees the protection of royalties and public figures.

Although it has not been revealed where the King offered Harry a room, St James’ Palace is a strong possibility.

Princess Beatrice has a permanent apartment there, while Princess Anne has a suite of rooms – and a parking space – that she uses during her stay in London.

Other members of the royal family use it on an ad hoc basis.

On the same day Harry was at St Paul’s Cathedral, King Charles and other royals were at a garden party at Buckingham Palace

King Charles appeared to be in good form as he addressed guests at the royal garden party at Buckingham Palace on May 8

The row had erupted after a spokesman for Harry suggested that Charles, pictured here mingling with guests at the garden party on May 8, had been ‘too busy’ to see Harry during his stay in Britain.

After his trip to Britain, Harry headed to Nigeria with his wife Meghan Markle, where they were pictured at a polo fundraising event in Lagos on May 12.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared to be enjoying their quasi-royal tour of the country as they met with officials

Plus, it’s right next to Clarence House, where the King stays when he’s in London.

It would have given father and son a place where they could meet in relative privacy, guarded 24 hours a day by a ‘ring of steel’.

In fact, all royal residences – which Harry was also offered – have armed guards at entrances and exits, unlike any hotel in London, and have the most advanced security systems in the country to protect working members of the family .

Buckingham Palace has consistently refused to comment on anything related to Harry and his father.

But a spokesman for the prince chose to make a statement when he came to London in early May for a service to mark the tenth anniversary of the Invictus Games.

It strongly suggested that although Harry was keen to meet his father, the king was in fact ‘too busy’ to see him.

However, it has since become clear that, although His Majesty indeed had a busy schedule of engagements that week, the King had made conciliatory overtures that would have allowed him to see his son.

Buckingham Palace declined to comment at the time, while a request for comment was referred to the Sussexes’ British spokesperson.