Invictus Games Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 04 Dec 2017 15:07:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Invictus Games Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Harry’s Gettin’ Hitched https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/12/04/harrys-gettin-hitched/ Mon, 04 Dec 2017 11:36:38 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16558 Britain's Prince Harry is going to tie the knot.
He recently proposed to American actress Meghan Markle, and she said "yes."
They announced their engagement on Nov. 27, appearing together before the media.
Harry, 33, is Queen Elizabeth's grandson and he's fifth in line to the throne. His mother is the late Princess Diana and his father is Prince Charles.

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]]> Wounded Warriors Compete In Invictus Games in Toronto https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/09/24/wounded-warriors-compete-invictus-games-toronto/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/09/24/wounded-warriors-compete-invictus-games-toronto/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:37:46 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16374 More than 550 "wounded warriors" are gathered in Toronto, Ontario this week, to compete in the Invictus Games.
The competitors are soldiers who became injured during their military service. Many of them are missing a limb, for instance, and many others have PTSI which is a mental health condition caused by trauma.

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]]> https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/09/24/wounded-warriors-compete-invictus-games-toronto/feed/ 1 Invictus Games Coming To Toronto In 2017 https://teachingkidsnews.com/2016/05/04/invictus-games-coming-toronto-2017/ Thu, 05 May 2016 01:13:29 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=15495 Toronto had a special visitor last week. The United Kingdom's Prince Henry of Wales -- better known as Prince Harry -- was in town to announce that Toronto will host the Invictus Games in 2017.

The Invictus Games are similar to the Olympics or the Paralympics, except that the competitors are all soldiers--most of them wounded from combat.

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