U.Okay.’s Prince Harry makes shock Ukraine go to with rehabilitation charity

Britain’s Prince Harry visited Ukraine on Friday (September 12, 2025), arriving in Kyiv with a workforce from his Invictus Games Foundation to element his charity’s plans to assist rehabilitate wounded troopers, the Guardian newspaper reported.

It is the second go to Harry, the youthful son of Britain’s King Charles, has made to Ukraine this yr, after he visited a centre for wounded army personnel in Lviv in April.

Harry served for 10 years within the British Army earlier than establishing the Invictus Games Foundation, a charity which runs a world sporting occasion for army personnel wounded in motion.

“We cannot stop the war but what we can do is do everything we can to help the recovery process,” Harry informed the Guardian on an in a single day practice to Kyiv.

He was invited to the capital by the Ukrainian authorities, he mentioned, and acquired permission from the British authorities and his spouse earlier than travelling.

The journey comes on the finish of Harry’s four-day go to to Britain from his dwelling in California, the place he lives together with his spouse Meghan and their two kids.

Since he stepped down as a senior royal in 2020, Harry’s relationship together with his father has been strained after he publicly criticised the royal household. In an indication of a thaw in relations, the pair held their first assembly in 20 months on Wednesday.