--- title: Prince Harry Met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau description: The royal met with the Canadian Prime Minister to discuss Toronto's hosting of the Invictus Games in 2017. canonical: https://time.com/4314849/prince-harry-justin-trudeau-met/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-02T20:19:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:03.493Z og:title: When Prince Harry Met Justin Trudeau og:description: Foreign relations never looked better. og:url: https://time.com/4314849/prince-harry-justin-trudeau-met/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: When Prince Harry Met Justin Trudeau twitter:description: Foreign relations never looked better. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Prince Harry and Justin Trudeau's Meeting Is the Political Summit of Our Dreams  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 2, 2016 8:19 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 2, 2016 8:19 PM UTC This morning, royal ginger and noteworthy [feminist](http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/03/23/prince-harry-feminist-spe%5Fn%5F9532854.html) Prince Harry met up with [gender equality devotee](http://time.com/4101749/justin-trudeau-women-cabinet-parliament-government/) and confirmed heartthrob Canadian Prime Minister [Justin Trudeau](http://time.com/4302095/justin-trudeau-2016-time-100/) in what might have been the most attractive meeting of world leaders ever. But it wasn’t just a photo op to bless us with their good looks and manly handshakes, however — although we’re not complaining — Trudeau and Harry met up to discuss the 2017 Invictus Games, which will be held in Toronto. The Invictus Games are an international sporting event for injured soldiers and veterans that was founded by Prince Harry after he spent time serving in the British Army. While the two leaders joined forces to talk about the 2017 games, this year’s competition (which has already sparked [a playful Twitter beef between the Obamas](http://time.com/4312495/obamas-royals-twitter-invictus-games/) and the Queen) will start on May 8 in Orlando, Fla. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4314849/prince-harry-justin-trudeau-met/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4314849/prince-harry-justin-trudeau-met/"},"headline":"Prince Harry and Justin Trudeau's Meeting Is the Political Summit of Our Dreams","datePublished":"2016-05-02T20:19:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:03.493Z","description":"What a time to be alive.","url":"https://time.com/4314849/prince-harry-justin-trudeau-met/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Prince Harry","Justin Trudeau"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4314849/prince-harry-justin-trudeau-met/","name":"Prince Harry and Justin Trudeau's Meeting Is the Political Summit of Our Dreams"}}]}] ```