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Toronto will welcome Prince Harry on May 2 for Invictus Games countdown

Codi Wilson CTV Toronto
Published Wednesday, April 6, 2016 8:19AM EDT Last Updated Wednesday, April 6, 2016 8:32AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, Britain's Prince Harry arrives to attend the family traditional Christmas Day church service, at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, England. During a TV interview on "Good Morning America" Friday March 18, 2016, Prince Harry has told a TV interviewer he hopes his late mother Diana Princess of Wales would be proud of the work her two sons are doing, and said the loss of his mother when he was 12 had shaped his life. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)

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Toronto will host Prince Harry on May 2 for the countdown launch of the 2017 Invictus Games.

Kensington Palace made the announcement via Twitter on Wednesday morning.

Prince Harry will visit Toronto on 2nd May to mark the launch of the countdown to the 3rd Invictus Games in September 2017 @InvictusToronto
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) April 6, 2016

This will be Prince Harry's first visit to Toronto in 25 years.

The Invictus Games, an international sporting event for wounded, ill and injured servicemen and women, was founded by Prince Harry after he visited the U.S.-based Warrior Games in 2013.

The first Invictus Games was held in London in 2014 and this year's event will be held in Orlando from May 8 to 12.

More than 600 military competitors from 16 nations are expected to compete in 12 sports at the 2017 event, which will be held in Toronto in September 2017.