Prince Harry has announced a trip to Toronto this week, just minutes after his estranged brother Prince William completed his first engagement in Brazil. The Duke of Sussex, who has long been criticised for undertaking trips and engagements at the same time as senior members of the Royal Family, is visiting Canada for its annual Remembrance period.
Harry will travel to Toronto, where he will meet with veterans, members of the armed forces community and military charities. The Duke’s team have insisted the visit has been months in the planning and holds a special place in his heart.
A spokesperson said: “This visit, months in the planning, marks a return to a city that has a special place in the Duke’s heart, having played host to the Invictus Games back in 2017.”
Harry was invited to Canada by the military Charity True Patriot Love Foundation.
The duke has served in the British Armed Forces for ten years, between 2005 and 2015.
He has also carried out two tours in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2013.
Harry has long championed veterans and would annually attend commemorations with the rest of the Royal Family in the UK until his sensational exit in 2020.
Last year, he sent his annual letter to Scotty’s Little Soldiers, a charity based in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, ahead of Remembrance Sunday, and told military children that he understands “perhaps more than most, the weight of losing a parent at a young age”.
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