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Prince Harry is set to return to the UK in May for an Invictus Games service as the Government has launched a £26million bid to host the event in Birmingham in 2027.
The Duke of Sussex is set to be back on British soil in May to attend a service at London's St Paul's Cathedral for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, just weeks after making a 24-hour visit following his father's cancer diagnosis.
Harry, 39, launched the games back in March 2014 at the Copper Box arena in London and could see them being hosted in the UK again after the Government launched a £26million bid to host the event.
A source claimed that Harry 'is comfortable coming back for British-based Invictus Games', according to the Express, indicating that the Duke of Sussex would also attend after making several appearances at last year's games in Germany.
The source added: 'We understand that the Games have always had the support of the rest of the Royal Family.'
Prince Harry is set to return to the UK in May for an Invictus Games service as the Government has launched a £26million bid to host the event in Birmingham in 2027
Prince Harry was emotional as he gave the closing speech at the Invictus Games 2023
The Duke of Sussex, watches the wheelchair rugby finals at the Merkur Spiel-Arena during the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany, last year
Rt Hon Johnny Mercer, the minister for veteran's affairs, has been campaigning to host the Games here again and shared the 'fantastic news' about the Government-backed bid today.
Mercer, who was flown to Birmingham for treatment after he was injured in Afghanistan, said he wants 'this to be the best country in the world, to be a veteran, I want us to become global leaders in recovery from conflict'.
He added: 'There's no greater institution in this country that's done that than the Invictus Games.
'I want to work hard now to put in a really world class bid to bring these games back to the UK, and have a festival of recovery around that event.
'I want us to lead the world when it comes to veteran's care and this gives us a really good hook going forward to make sure that's the case.'
He previously told the Times: 'It feels like the right time and the right place. The biggest power of recovery has always been in sport, has always been in Invictus and the Duke of Sussex led the way when he set these Games up ten years ago.
'It feels like a natural rounding of the circle to come back to the UK and we’re going to do everything we can to win the bid.'
Where the games will be hosted in 2027 will be announced by Prince Harry later this year. The anniversary event in May he is set to attend is not linked to the UK bid for the games.
One supporter for the Birmingham bid told the Times that 'this could provide a timeline for a way in which the duke and the rest of the royal family might find a way to come together in
