The Duke of Sussex’s Invictus Games is to return to the UK for the first time since its inception 10 years ago. The event will be hosted in Birmingham in July 2027, after the city beat competition from Washington DC to win a closely fought bid. It raises the prospect that the Duchess of Sussex might miss the event for the first time because of security fears.
In February, the Duke lost a High Court challenge against the government over his right to state-funded police protection and has since made only fleeting visits to the UK. In his witness statement, he told the judge he did not feel able to bring his children, Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3, to the UK, and he also felt he could not put his wife “in danger like that”..
