It’s on! A week after dining together at Kensington Palace, Prince Harry, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle have taken to social media to show off their friendly Invictus Games competition.
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“In a hilarious set of Tweets the President and the First Lady challenged Prince Harry to “‘bring it'” at next month’s Invictus Games in Orlando.
Showcasing the Obamas, video aims to promote the Invictus Games, an global sports event for wounded, disabled and sick military personnel and veterans.
Prince Harry has enlisted the help of his grandmother the Queen in the latest of a string of videos promoting the Invictus Games. Which is where Michelle and Barack Obama step in.
“Boom, really, please”, the Queen responds.
The Prince then turns to the camera with a mocking “boom” of his own.
“Fighting talk there! You can dish it out, but can you take it?” wrote “H”, with a tweet sign-off perhaps styled on Obama’s “BO”.
Hilariously, the servicemen in the background say “BOOM!” before pulling a series of faces at the camera.
After receiving the message from the leader of the free world, Prince Harry had to come up with a response, after all it’s a matter bigger than drowning some tea in Boston Harbour.
The Invictus Games website describes the games as an “international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women”.
Named after “invictus”-the Latin word for “unconquered” or “undefeated”-the inaugural Invictus Games were held in London in 2014″.
“A message? Oh, from Michelle”, deadpans Prince Harry as he pretends to pick up a text alert from Flotus, taunting British soldiers to bring home the medals from this May’s event in Orlando.
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On Sunday he will be in Orlando, Florida to attend the opening ceremony of the five-day tournament where more than 500 competitors from countries like Italy, Germany, Australia, Estonia, Jordan and the United Kingdom and Afghanistan will compete in 10 events – archery, indoor rowing, powerlifting, road cycling, sitting volleyball, swimming, athletics, wheelchair basketball, rugby and tennis.
