Prince Harry Celebrates Birmingham hosting Invictus Games 2027

The Duke of Sussex will be returning to the UK after Birmingham won the bid to host the Invictus Games in 2027.

Prince Harry has congratulated the city of Birmingham on winning the bid.

It will be the first time the games will be held in the UK since the inaugural tournament in London in 2014.

Prince Harry celebrated the news. He said, “your city’s strong ties to the Armed Forces community made it a formidable contender from the very start.”

It could mean a trip to the UK for Harry, who has attended all the previous games and is patron of the Invictus Games Foundation.

It could also mean a brief return to the UK for the Duchess of Sussex, who has attended recent games alongside her husband. Both pictured for the first time with Harry at Invictus in Toronto in 2017.

A UK games also raises question of whether Harry’s father, the king; his brother, the Prince of Wales, and other members of the royal family will attend to support the event. Relationships reportedly still strained after Harry and Meghan’s Netflix documentary and his memoir, Spare.

The UK government-backed £26m proposal saw off competition from the US finalist Washington DC. The event staged at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC).

Birmingham’s strong ties to the military community had made it a “formidable contender”, the duke said in a statement.