Overview

• Emailed invitations will be sent later this month to King Charles III and Prince William as Harry’s most concrete bid for family reconciliation to date.
• The Invictus Games are scheduled for July 12–17, 2027, with the closing ceremony coinciding with Queen Camilla’s 80th birthday, creating a diary conflict.
• Charles’s ongoing cancer treatment and William’s estrangement since the 2023 memoir Spare add uncertainty to whether either royal will accept the invitation.
• Harry’s legal defeat over UK police protection raises doubts about Meghan Markle and their children attending due to unresolved security concerns.
• The Birmingham Games continue Harry’s mission to support wounded veterans and are expected to deliver significant economic and social benefits to the city.