Invictus Games

The trend line is down.

Now, Tom Sykes again says it would be suicidal, political suicide for the King to unite with Harry and Meghan on the Invictus Games.

He says that he should rule it out now and that he should also strip their titles.

Do you agree?

And you've just presented one there, which I think is really interesting around the kind of housing association model and moving it out of the monopoly of certain organizations who are consistently failing in that area and the you know the words of politicians on occasion about addressing this issue so it's one that we're all keeping a close eye on and in terms of sports as a recovery vehicle you quite rightly have identified the link between sports And the Armed Forces community, I've felt that myself through Invictus.

And I think there's a bit of momentum opportunity here off the back of the Commonwealth Games in 2026 into the Invictus Games in Birmingham in 2027 as a way of bringing these communities together.

And like you say, people, we didn't have to serve in Afghanistan to feel the effects by it.

And thank you for sharing, is it Bob's name? Bobby Hetherington.

Very unglamorous part of the world.

where the Invictus Games is going to be held, where they landed in their private jet, you know, at the Birmingham International Airport.

So I just wonder whether actually he's up in that less fashionable bit, putting his nose to the grindstone.

She's doing the celebrity bit.

He has got straight down to work.

There's a lot of work in the lead-up to the

Invictus Games.

Some of the

He just literally is the dream maker.

He had me do Invictus Games last year.

And then from Invictus Games, I ended up doing the World Games last August in Chengdu, China.

Like, I'm still...

He just drops my name out into the universe and...

In addition to her playing career, Miss Robinson brings considerable coaching experience.

She has worked with the Loughborough University Bucks programme, the Jaguars in the National League and the Invictus Games.

April White, Managing Director of Worcester Wolves, said Lucy brings an exceptional level of experience to the programme, both as an international athlete and as a coach.

But just as importantly, she shares our ambition for what we want this new team to become.

And this just proves we do what we do because we see the impact on the community that we get to support.

And what I'm hearing as you're talking is not only, I should say, not only the sweeping legislation that would touch thousands and impact the lives of thousands and generations and all of that big significant stuff, but it's the one military spouse who approaches you at Invictus Games and says, my family needs help.

or the man here in Denver, where I am, who needs help.

It's those individual touch points.

I noticed that.

And so I actually went up to her and asked her how she was doing and how things were going.

going with her at the invictus games and then she opened up to me about what was happening and so because of that recognition that something was wrong we led to being able to support them and so uh i think that's where again when people know to your point your brand people know you want to listen and people know you want to help when you have the opportunity to do that so i think i've tried to continue to shape that persona for me is that, you know, people look at me as someone who's going to take action when asked to do so.

I learned that from you, actually, when we first had our conversations more than 15 years ago, it's when I was writing my first military book.

So this was back in 2024.

Harry and Meghan, they traveled to Nigeria for a three day tour as that country had expressed interest in hosting the Invictus Games.

Now, fans at the time noticed that the trip closely resembled an official royal visit, despite the pair no longer being working royals, of course.

But it upset the king and it led him to consider stripping them of their titles.