Invictus Games: Day Two Wrap Up
Invictus Games patron Prince Harry opened the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 last night with a message to what he called the “Invictus Generation”.
Prince Harry’s words for the competitors and their families and friends who gathered at the Sydney Opera House for the opening — 45 years to the day after it was opened by his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth — came at the end of a two-hour performance featuring interviews with several competitors, Australian and international acts and the Tri-Services Band.
Prince Harry told them the place of our men and women in uniform had too often become undervalued in the decades after the Second World War; while the sacrifice and character of our troops had never changed, society’s attitude towards them had.
“But that has changed. A new generation, the Invictus generation, is defining what it means to serve, and we are all taking notice,” he said.
“Our Invictus family has turned these games into a symbol of strength, honour and optimism for a new generation. You are the unconquered generation.” Read the full speech here: http://bit.ly/2PKBIc6
Today the NZDF team competes in the sailing and the cycling.
