Uganda Withdraws from Invictus Games, Citing Loyalty to King Charles III
Prince Harry has returned to the U.K. hoping to focus on his charitable work, but his homecoming has already brought an unexpected setback to one of his biggest projects.
Uganda has withdrawn from the 2027 Invictus Games, the international sporting event Harry founded for wounded, injured and sick military personnel and veterans in 2014. And the country’s reason for doing so was strikingly direct: its loyalty is to King Charles III.
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The announcement came from Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Ugandan president’s son and the country’s Chief of Defence Forces, who made the decision public in a post on X. “In order not to be construed as being opposed to His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom, whom we deeply revere, Uganda hereby withdraws from the Invictus Games,” he wrote. “We shall not participate in anything that does not have His Majesty’s approval.”
Kainerugaba later elaborated further, telling The Times: “I support the monarch. Period.”
The Invictus Games Foundation said it was “unaware” of the withdrawal before the social media post went live and is now in discussions with its Ugandan partners. The 2027 Games are scheduled to take place in Birmingham, UK, from July 10 to July 17.
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The timing is particularly pointed. Uganda’s withdrawal comes just days after King Charles issued a letter clarifying Harry and Meghan’s status as non-working members of the royal family – a formal reminder that they had stepped away from representative royal duties in January 2020 and that “there is no change to the current status of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.”
For Harry, who has poured enormous energy into the Invictus Games as his defining post-royal legacy, Uganda’s departure is more than a logistical setback – it’s a public signal that his complicated relationship with the institution he left continues to have repercussions.
This story was originally published by Parade on Sep 10, 2026, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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