MEGHAN Markle will join the Duke of Sussex at the Invictus Games, a spokesman for the couple has confirmed.

The international competition is to take place in The Hague, Netherlands, from April 16 to 22 after being delayed by the pandemic.

Prince Harry founded the games to aid the rehabilitation of injured or sick military personnel and veterans from across the world, by giving them the challenge of competing in sporting events similar to the Paralympics.

A spokesman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed that Meghan will join Prince Harry at the games for the first few days.

The Invictus Games was where the couple chose to make their first public appearance together almost five years ago.

The couple emerged hand in hand to make their first official public appearance together at the wheelchair tennis.

Team UK competitors said they would like to see Meghan and the couple’s children, two-year-old Archie and nine-month-old Lili, at the games.

However, the children are not expected to be in attendance.

Daniel O’Connor, 31, from Hereford, is competing in archery and indoor rowing, and said Prince Harry is “someone who cares a lot”.

Mr O’Connor, who suffers from chronic pain, said: “He has in his mind the things he wants to achieve in his life, the things he’d like to see change, and he tries to work towards them.

“And if everyone had that attitude you can imagine how different the world would be.”

Asked if he would like to see Meghan at the event, Mr O’Connor said: “I think everyone in the games, all the competitors, are bringing friends and family, and I think if we have the right to bring friends and family then surely Prince Harry does.”

Prince Harry and Meghan, who live in the US, did not attend the memorial service for the Duke of Edinburgh in London last month.

The Duke is bringing a claim against the Home Office after being told he would no longer be given the same degree of personal protective security when visiting from the US, despite offering to pay for it himself.

He wants to bring his children to visit from the US, but he and his family are “unable to return to his home” because it is too dangerous, his legal representative has said.

Prince Harry played an instrumental role in bringing the Games to the UK in 2014 when 300 competitors from 13 countries took part in the inaugural competition in London.