Overview

• Prince Harry plans to email formal invitations later this month to King Charles and Prince William for the July 12–17, 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham.
• The closing ceremony’s July 17 date coincides with Queen Camilla’s 80th birthday, posing a potential scheduling conflict for royal attendance.
• The gesture seeks to mend rifts caused by his 2023 memoir Spare and longstanding security disputes over protection for Meghan and their children in the UK.
• King Charles’s ongoing cancer treatment and his practice of scheduling engagements years in advance may affect his ability to accept the invitation.
• Royal commentators are divided on whether the king or Prince William will attend, with some highlighting Charles’s capacity for forgiveness and others citing lingering trust issues.