--- title: Prince Harry Announces Invictus Games 2020 Hague description: The 2020 Invictus Games are now set to take place in The Hague in Netherlands, according to a statement from Prince Harry. canonical: https://time.com/5300218/prince-harry-invictus-games-2020/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-04T15:06:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:16.351Z og:title: Prince Harry Has a Non-Love Related Announcement to Make og:description: It's about the 2020 Invictus Games og:url: https://time.com/5300218/prince-harry-invictus-games-2020/ 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: Prince Harry Has a Non-Love Related Announcement to Make twitter:description: It's about the 2020 Invictus Games twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Prince Harry Has a Non-Love-Related Announcement to Make > Sponsored content. 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Prince Harry had a surprise in store for the Invictus Games on Friday — former president Barack Obama and former vice president Joe Biden_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 4, 2018 3:06 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 4, 2018 3:06 PM UTC Prince Harry may be a [newly married man](http://time.com/5285412/royal-wedding-official-photos/), but his role as husband to [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5292101/meghan-markle-coat-of-arms/) isn’t slowing him down from continuing to pursue his official royal duties. On Monday, the Duke of Sussex shared an announcement about the Invictus Games, of which he is patron: the Games will be hosted in 2020 in The Hague. “The Netherlands has supported the #InvictusGames from the very beginning, and I know that everyone there will fully get behind and support the soldiers and veterans who have served their countries so bravely,” his Twitter release states, adding that the Games have already taken place in London, Orlando and Toronto in 2017\. In October 2018 they will move to Sydney, Australia — and now we know to look out for Harry (and, most likely, Meghan Markle) way out in 2020 in the Netherlands. First started by Harry in 2014, the [Invictus Games](http://time.com/4964047/prince-harry-brought-barack-obama-and-joe-biden-to-the-invictus-games/) bring together injured or ill service men and women from around the world to participate in sports competitions. For 2020, they are expecting as many [as 19 countries](https://invictusgamesfoundation.org/games/the-hague-2020/) to field teams across events like archery, wheelchair rugby and paratriathlon. With Harry as the patron and a committed attendee, they have drawn fans like Barack and Michelle Obama. The earlier Invictus Games were also where Harry purportedly met Markle, and later where the two made their first [public appearance together.](http://time.com/5036452/prince-harry-meghan-markle-relationship-timeline/) Harry is a [veteran himself](http://time.com/4322853/prince-harry-princess-diana-invictus/), having served for a decade in the military and completing two tours of duty in Afghanistan. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1003536854698872832) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1003539473051906049) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1003547633850470400) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5300218/prince-harry-invictus-games-2020/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5300218/prince-harry-invictus-games-2020/"},"headline":"Prince Harry Has a Non-Love-Related Announcement to Make","datePublished":"2018-06-04T15:06:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:16.351Z","description":"The Hague will play home to the 2020 Invictus Games","url":"https://time.com/5300218/prince-harry-invictus-games-2020/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"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/5300218/prince-harry-invictus-games-2020/","name":"Prince Harry Has a Non-Love-Related Announcement to Make"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Prince Harry Brings Two Special Guests to the Invictus Games — Barack Obama and Joe Biden!","description":"Prince Harry had a surprise in store for the Invictus Games on Friday — former president Barack Obama and former vice president Joe Biden","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/kUhayPxP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-09-30T15:39:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kUhayPxP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5300218/prince-harry-invictus-games-2020/","duration":"PT30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5300218/prince-harry-invictus-games-2020/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```