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Meghan and Harry join crowds at Invictus Games after walking in holding hands

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex cheered on athletes and handed out medals to children at the Invictus Games on Wednesday.

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Meghan and Harry cheered on athletes in among the crowds at the Invictus Games after walking in hand in hand.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were sitting side-by-side clapping and also reacting to the game tensely as they watched the wheelchair basketball with Australia supporters on Wednesday morning in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Harry hugged a competitor and shook hands with another during the morning.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex handed out medals to children on the basketball court and the couple also posed for photographs with others at the event.

It comes after Meghan arrived late at the Invictus Games on Tuesday, saying she had to spend more time getting their “little ones settled at home”.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the Merkur Spiel-Arena during the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the Merkur Spiel-Arena during the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

The pair were in high spirits as they spoke during the event’s party for friends and family of the competitors.

The duchess, who was wearing a black dress, added she would one day like to bring her children to the games.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex watch wheelchair basketball at the Merkur Spiel-Arena during the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex watch wheelchair basketball at the Merkur Spiel-Arena (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

The couple appeared in public together for the first time at the Toronto Invictus Games in 2017, pictured hand in hand at a wheelchair tennis event.

It is likely that Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland is looking after the Sussexes’ young children Archie and Lilibet at their home in Montecito, California.

The Duchess of Sussex hands out medals to children on the basketball court at the Merkur Spiel-Arena during the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The Duchess of Sussex hands out medals to children on the basketball court at the Merkur Spiel-Arena (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

On Monday, Harry, the founding patron of the Invictus Games, warmly embraced a wheelchair rugby player by kissing him on the head.

He watched matches in an eight-team wheelchair rugby knockout tournament, then presented medals and spoke to players after Team USA defeated the United Kingdom 21-13 in the final.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex posing for photograph as they watch children on the basketball court at the Merkur Spiel-Arena during the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex posing for photographs as they watch children on the basketball court at the Merkur Spiel-Arena (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
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