Royal Visit: Prince Harry in Town to Talk Up Wounded Warrior Games

PHOTO: Prince Harry photo from Prince Harry Facebook page

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Prince Henry (Harry) of Wales arrived in Washington, D.C. Tuesday and visited the White House and Fort Belvoir Wednesday to launch his paralympic-style Invictus Games, which will take place in Orlando, Florida, in May.

“Mr. President, thank you very, very much for hosting us today, and especially in giving the Invictus Games the voice that it so readily deserves, I suppose,” the former British Army captain said Wednesday in remarks with President Obama.

“We had huge amounts of fun designing the Invictus Games based around stealing the Warrior Games off yourselves and making it international, making it better, and now we’re giving it back to you,” he said. “So we’re really looking forward to the 8th through 12th of May, and hoping to see as many people as possible come down and support all our wounded warriors together.”

The prince retired from the British Army in June, visited Fort Belvoir with first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden.

This will be a short visit for Harry, who arrived in the U.S. Tuesday night and will depart Wednesday evening.

The Invictus Games Orlando 2016 will take place from May 8 through 12.