TORONTO — The Invictus Games got off to a rollicking start Saturday as scores of war-wounded athletes marched, limped or wheeled their way to thumping martial music, dazzling lights and supportive cheers into a downtown Toronto arena, where they heard Prince Harry praise them for the courage that had brought them to the event he co-founded.
The prince, who earlier in the day wowed a crowd of well-wishers across from a mental-health facility he was visiting, drew sustained applause as he helped open the week-long Games.
Harry, who served in Afghanistan with the British army for about two months, said he wanted …read more
Source: National Newswatch