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Prince Harry plays sit-down volleyball on Nigeria visit with Meghan
After arriving at the Armed Forces’ Officers Mess and being given scarves in the green and white colours of Nigeria, Harry and Meghan watched a game of sitting volleyball, before Harry was invited to play with the team.
The Duke participated in a few rounds of the game, which were played by ‘Team Harry’ and ‘Team CDS’ – referring to the military’s chief of defence staff who is behind the couple’s visit to Nigeria.
The other players were army veterans, most wounded in battle against the country’s Islamist insurgency.
On the duke’s team was former Nigerian soldier Peacemaker Azuegbulam, who lost his leg in combat against Boko Haram. He became the first African to win gold at the Invictus Games in Germany last year.
The Duke then joined in the team’s war cry before speaking with families and friends of the athletes.
Last year, Nigeria became the first African country to take part in the Invictus Games, a sporting competition for wounded military personnel and veterans, co-founded by Prince Harry in 2014.
On the first day of the mini-tour on Friday, Harry spoke about the joy the Nigeria team brought to the games in Düsseldorf, Germany.
The charity Nigeria Unconquered, which will put together Nigeria’s team for next year’s Invictus Games in Canada, helps wounded, sick and injured service personnel to “find new purpose” through sport.
On Saturday, Meghan was presented with a bouquet of roses by six-year-old Royalty Ojeh, daughter of the founder of Nigeria Unconquered, Bobby Ojeh. Touched by the gesture, the duchess offered Royalty one of the roses to keep.
Before arriving in Nigeria, Prince Harry visited London as part of celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, and attended a service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral.
Meanwhile, the King, whose cancer treatment is ongoing, met members of the public at a Buckingham Palace garden party a little over two miles away.
A spokesperson for the duke confirmed he would not see his father during his time in the UK due to the King’s “full programme” but that he “hopes to see him soon”.
Harry had last been in the UK in February to visit the King soon after he was diagnosed with cancer.
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