KEY POINTS

  • Prince Harry announced the cancellation of Invictus Games
  • Twitter says Prince Harry looked like he was in a hostage situation in his video announcement
  • Prince William and Kate Middleton were accused of snubbing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Prince Harry looks like he is in a hostage situation in a video announcing the cancellation of Invictus Games.

The Duke of Sussex released a short clip to explain his decision to push back the Invictus Game scheduled in May to May or June 2021. He added that canceling the international adaptive multi-sport event was the most sensible and safest thing to do.

Twitter users have mixed reactions to the video shared by royal correspondent Chris Shipp. According to them, Meghan Markle’s husband looks like he is in a hostage situation in the clip . Some were concerned while others laughed at it.

“Why does he always look like he's in a hostage situation? Always nondescript background,” @Ben1Jam commented.

“Looks like a hostage video,” @queen_boudica_ wrote with laughing emoji.

Meanwhile, another said that he was sorry for Prince William’s brother because he doesn’t look happy.

“When I saw this I really felt sorry for him . He doesn't look happy. A happy, married and in love man doesn't look like that,” @monamm2175 opined.

Several netizens claimed that Prince Harry has been looking sad after he married Markle. When he was with his older brother Prince William and sister-in-law Kate Middleton, the royal trio were often seen laughing together.

Prior to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s bombshell announcement in January, the royal couple visited Canada’s High Commissioner Janice Charette to thank her for the warm welcome they received during their stay in the country. In one of their photos, the netizens felt that he was “unhappy.”

However, Prince Harry had an “angry” and “regretful” facial expression in another shot when he joined Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for the Commonwealth Day service. It was the Sussexes’ final engagement as royals.

During the event, the Cambridges were very cold to the Sussexes. Prince William and Middleton were accused of snubbing Prince Harry and Markle because they barely acknowledged the two.

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Britain's Prince Harry is pictured. AFP/Adrian DENNIS