Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s joint appearance at the Invictus Games in Canada is coming to an end.
After spending five days at the multi-sport competition in Vancouver, Meghan will depart today to return home to their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
The Duchess, 43, and Duke, 40, had been showcasing their love and affection during their time at the games. According to sources, Meghan’s travel itinerary was kept private for security reasons, but it was always planned that she would leave the event today.
From kissing in the stands to sharing warm hugs in Whistler, Canada, the couple showed a more tactile side before Meghan’s departure, a contrast to their September 2024 tour of Colombia, where Harry appeared “distant.” After a series of solo engagements led to divorce speculations, Harry addressed these concerns. Now, with Meghan described as a “cheerleader” for Harry during his events, they seem closer than ever.
According to body language expert Judi James, who studied the shift in Harry and Meghan’s dynamic, the public has been given a “state of eternal honeymoon re-boot through a deluge of romantic statements, both verbal and non-verbal, from Meghan,” as reported by the Mirror.
Judi said: “Meghan’s romance signals with her husband on this trip look like deliberate and emphatic ‘statement’ displays. They don’t veer from their normal signals of love but they do appear to suggest something of a re-brand, as though they’ve left both fans and critics to wait for too long and that she now wants to show that the Harry and Meghan romance narrative is still firmly on track.”
The expert continued: “Her introduction of Harry on stage in Canada involved the kind of coy, eye-rolling, knowing asides to the audience of your average newlywed. Meghan’s coyness over a marriage of six years suggests she is still in a state of blushing swoon over her wonderful ‘husband and father to my two children’.”
She further noted that Meghan’s ‘touch rituals’ have only intensified during their time in Canada. “The couple have tended to retain their signature hand clasp over the past couple of years but now Meghan is using ‘limpet’ behaviours, clinging to Harry’s arm with one hand and holding his free hand with her other.
“She has been resting her head on his shoulder as though on a date night and her ‘seal clapping’ at him and even her filming or photographing him suggests a born-again adoration of the man she’s already made it pretty clear that she loves.”
The Duke of Sussex established the event in 2014 and remains a patron of the Games since then.
