Prince Harry given ‘inappropriate’ gift by Aussies at Invictus Games

Footage has shown the moment Harry and Meghan were left stunned by a very cheeky gift from the Aussie Invictus team.

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Prince Harry has shared a cheeky moment with Team Australia at the Invictus Games, after they shared a gift he deemed “so inappropriate”.

In a video shared on Meghan’s Instagram Stories, Harry was seen reacting with mock outrage as he collected a pair of tiny swimmers, aka “budgie smugglers” – an exchange which has become something of a tradition between the duke and the Aussie athletes.

“So inappropriate! I love it. Thank you so much,” Harry told them, laughing.

The Duchess of Sussex captioned the video: “And Team Australia, you’ve done it again!”

Harry jokingly called them out for the “inappropriate” gift. Picture: Instagram

He then held them up, telling the crowd he “loved” them. Picture: Instagram

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It comes after Harry shared a similarly budgie smuggler-themed interaction at the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney, where an Australian athlete jokingly requested Harry sign his own pair of swimmers.

He also shared a hug with some Aussie kids, who were supporting their team. Picture: Instagram

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Harry and Meghan are currently in Vancouver for the Invictus Games, an international multi-sport event founded by the duke in 2014 for wounded, injured and sick military service personnel.

This year’s event – taking place across Vancouver and Whistler – marks the first time winter sports have been included.

During the opening ceremony on Saturday night, Harry spoke passionately to the military community and their families.

“Over the past decade, I’ve lost count of the times that we’ve heard you tell us that the Invictus Games ‘saved you’,” he told them.

“Respectfully, I disagree. Invictus didn’t save you. You saved yourself.

“It was you who pushed through the doubt and despair. You who summited your own mountain and brought us along with you. It was you who kept going even when you didn’t think you had any more to give. We didn’t do that. You did.”

The couple watched on as the Opening Ceremony took place in Vancouver on Saturday. Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage

At another point, Harry also appeared to take a veiled swipe at Donald Trump, just hours after the US President labelled Meghan as “terrible”.

There had been calls for Donald Trump to intervene on a court case involving whether Harry’s visa application should be made public, following the revelation in his memoir that he had taken drugs in the past. But on Friday, the President categorically ruled out taking any dramatic steps.

“I don’t want to do that [deport him]. I’ll leave him alone. He’s got enough problems with his wife. She’s terrible,” he told the New York Post, in his first direct remarks on the topic since his election.

The following day, while opening the Invictus Games in Canada, Harry told the crowd that the competitors’ “courage, values, and humanity,” deserved special acknowledgment at a time “when there is no shortage of crises, no absence of uncertainty, no lack of weak moral character in the world”.

Elsewhere in his speech, the prince pointed out: “In this moment of difficulty and division … we gather here in a spirit of unity”.

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