He was facing one of the tenors of polo. During the match he played in Wellington in Palm Beach County in Florida this Wednesday, May 4, Prince Harry faced particular Ignacio "Nacho" Figueras. This Argentine aged 39, sometimes dubbed the "Beckham of polo," is among the 100 best players of this discipline in the world. Such an opponent has not scared the grand-son of Queen Elizabeth II. Which won the match with his team.

This match was played in a good cause. This was indeed the Sentebale polo Cup, an annual tournament that humanitarian youngest son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana created in 2010 to raise money for his eponymous foundation. This helps vulnerable children in Lesotho, especially those who are HIV positive and / or whose parents have died of AIDS. Following the meeting, Prince Harry announced that the foundation also Sentebale now would support children in Botswana.

Two days earlier, Monday, May 2, the younger brother of Prince William was in Canada. With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, he launched the mediatically Invictus Games 2017 in Toronto, the city that will host the third edition of the competition which is at the origin. These kinds Olympics, played in ten disciplines vying put former military men and women from different countries who have been injured as part of their commitment to serving their country. The first edition took place in London in September 2014, the second starts on Sunday 8 May in Orlando, Florida.
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I started my day with the biggest hurray ever. There have been rumors of Prince Harry coming to Canada in 2017 for 150 anniversary of the Confederation have finally been true. The 31 year old Prince revealed in a video that he will be bringing the international sports competition for wounded troops Invictus Games who is being held this year in Orlando Florida will be held in the Great White North city of Toronto next year.

"I am absolutely delighted to announce that the Invictus legacy will continue when Toronto hosts the third Invictus Games," Harry said in a video statement issued Wednesday.

An exciting announcement from Prince Harry! The 3rd #InvictusGames will be hosted by @InvictusToronto @WeAreInvictushttps://t.co/WialMD00Wh

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) March 16, 2016

"It's also the year when Canada will commemorate its 150th anniversary of Confederation. I can't think of a better way to mark this milestone than by paying tribute to the soldiers and veterans who have served their country so bravely and to support them along their journey to recovery."

The Invictus Games is a sporting competition for wounded, injured and sick troops and includes both current and veteran members of the forces. It aims to use sport to inspire recovery and draw awareness to the physical and psychological injuries suffered by service members.
Harry founded the games after a 2013 visit to the U.S.-based Warrior Games, a domestic sporting competition for ill and injured American service members and veterans. Looking to establish an expanded version of those games, Harry set up the Invictus Games, named after the Latin word for unconquered.
The games were first held in London in 2014 and involved more than 400 competitors from 13 countries.
The Toronto games, set for September 2017, will feature more competitors and more sports than the event has had before, Harry said.

"It will even involve competing on ice, because this is Canada after all," he said.
Bruno Guevremont, captain of Team Canada for the upcoming games, said taking part in the event in Canada will mean a great deal.
"Competing in the Invictus Games on home soil will provide me and my fellow military competitors with the pride and confidence needed to push our minds and bodies beyond what we thought was possible -- to represent our country shoulder-to-shoulder, as we once did."
According to the Foundation, Toronto won the rights to the 2017 event because it demonstrated "a real understanding of the core concept and vision" of the games. It also noted that the city recently hosted the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games.