Final Invictus Games report reveals Prince Harry's signature charity in the black ahead of 2027 Birmingham Games
Harry helped set up Invictus in 2014 as an Olympics-style international sporting event for injured and wounded service men and women across the globe.
The first ever winter edition of the Invictus Games took place in Whistler and Vancouver in February this year and featured athletes from 23 different countries.
On Monday, Invictus unveiled its long-awaited impact report for the Canada games which showed Harry's charity was firmly in the black.
'A Lasting Legacy, a Substantial Economic Impact and Hundreds of Lives Saved!,' the organisation announced in a statement via Instagram on Monday.
'The Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 officially closes and the final report has been released.'
The post listed several hard figures designed to reflect the sustained financial health of Invictus, which arguably remains Prince Harry's most successful initiative.
Among the stats, the 2025 Invictus Games included a $5.5 USD million legacy fund for the continued rehabilitation of wounded serving members and veterans in Canada.
The full report, which is available via the Invictus Games Foundation website, features other information about the games, including three generous government grants.
The Games overall had a $63.2 USD million balanced budget, including $15 USD million in funding from the Canadian government and a further $15 USD million in funding from the provincial government of British Columbia.
According to Invictus, the charity was given a second, smaller $750,000 donation from the B.C government to provide adaptive sporting equipment.
The Games generated a whopping $28.4 million USD in corporate and individual donations, likely as a direct result of Prince Harry's royal star power.
Invictus also generated about $4.8 USD million in revenue from healthy ticket and merchandise sales from the event.
All up, the charity managed to stage the entire event - which attracted global media interest - within the allocated budget.
Meanwhile, the estimated 'economic impact' of the games on the host nation Canada was pegged at a whopping $81.1 million USD.
The next edition of the Invictus Games is set to take place in 2027 in Birmingham, marking the event's return to Harry's native United Kingdom for the first time since the inaugural London games.
The update comes months after the Duke of Sussex resigned from serving as patron from the charity Sentebale after the charity's chair slammed the Sussexes publicly.
Founded in 2006, Sentebale was created by Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to help children and adolescents struggling to come to terms with their HIV status, a cause championed by Harry's late mother Princess Diana.
However, Harry, 40, issued a statement in April announcing he'd resigned from the role as the charity's patron "until further notice" amid alleged internal tensions with Dr Chandauka.
Dr Chandauka has since publicly accused the Duke of Sussex of 'harassment and bullying at scale' in a bombshell interview with Sky News UK, claims the ex-working royal has denied.
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