Sharjah24- AFP: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan arrived in The Hague on Friday for the Invictus Games, a day after a visit with his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II in Britain.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were in the Dutch city for the sporting event Harry, who served with the British army in Afghanistan, founded for disabled military veterans that starts on Saturday.
Harry, 37, and his wife, 40, were criticised by British tabloids for skipping Prince Philip's memorial service in Westminster Abbey last month.
Philip, who was married to the queen for 73 years, died last April just weeks short of his 100th birthday.
The couple on Thursday met Queen Elizabeth who will celebrate her 96th birthday in a few days.
Harry and Meghan had not visited the UK together since their decision to step aside from the royal family more than two years ago.
More than 500 participants from 20 countries are taking part in the Invictus Games, which have been postponed twice because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Just before the prince's arrival, the Ukrainian team made their arrival to great applause.
The team of 19 people from war-torn Ukraine arrived in the Netherlands to take part but the group regretted the absence of one participant, imprisoned in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
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