The clip shows the Duke of Sussex learning Dutch ahead of the games before ripping off his hoodie top to reveal an all-orange outfit, complete with pork pie hat and sunglasses. The 2022 Invictus Games — the international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women — will take place in the Netherlands next month. The video was filmed in a room that royal fans have seen before, the opulent study of the lavish $14 million California mansion Prince Harry shares with wife Meghan Markle and their children. In the clip, Prince Harry is seen telling athletes Jelle van der Steen, Wouter Bakker, Fenna Geugjes and Alina Zoet that he “really wants to get this right”, as he asks how to say various phrases in Dutch.“You know I need to get this right, and I really want to get it right as well. So how do I say, ‘Good afternoon. You’ve done a great job,’ in Dutch?” Geugjes, who plays basketball, asks Prince Harry, “Can you say stroopwafel?” while holding up the famous Dutch sweet treat and taking a bite. Prince Harry correctly pronounces the word, adding that he “loves” stroopwafel.The clip was branded “awkward” and “infantile” by bemused Twitter users. One wrote: “He can go to the Netherlands but not to see his own grandmother, something is not right with him.”However, fans of the royal — who started the Invictus Games in 2014 after seeing how the power of sport could help wounded servicemen and women in their recovery — praised the lighthearted clip. One wrote: “Orange is definitely his colour. Harry is fabulous!”The video came after Prince Harry has confirmed he and Meghan won’t return to the UK for a thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey for the Duke of Edinburgh.Hundreds of family members, friends, and dignitaries are expected to attend the thanksgiving service that will be held in his memory at Westminster Abbey on March 29.A spokesperson declined to comment as to the reason why, however, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are embroiled in a fierce legal battle over his security arrangements.
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