Prince Harry Says He's 'Nervous' as He Marks One-Month Countdown to Invictus Games Germany in New Video

Harry and Meghan Markle visited Düsseldorf last year for the Invictus Games' One Year to Go event — and now the event is quickly approaching

Prince Harry's Invictus Games are just around the corner.

The Duke of Sussex, 38, appeared in a new video to share a message with the athletes competing in this year's games, which are taking place in just one month in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The video, originally shared on social media by Invictus Games Nigeria on Thursday before being reposted by the Invictus Games Foundation, shows Harry casually talking to the camera in front of a book shelf.

"Hi, everybody," Prince Harry begins, "Well, well, well...we are exactly one month away from creating a home for respect in Düsseldorf 2023 for the next Invictus Games."

"I hope you're excited," he continued. "I'm probably a little bit nervous — I'm both. But I can't wait to see all of you and have the whole community together once again — it's been too long."

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Noting that some competitors will be attending the Games for the first time while others might be returning, Harry said, "Either way, there will be an element of excitement as well as nervousness, and I'm sure some of you have been waiting for this moment for a very long time."

"You're all on different parts of your healing journey — we all are, we always will be — but I can assure you that this experience will hopefully be life changing, and you will come out of it a better person for sure," he said.

Prince Harry shouted out Israel, Nigeria and Colombia for joining this year.

"I can't wait to have every continent represented — except Antarctica. We're still working on that," he quipped with a smile.

Last September, Prince Harry was joined by Meghan Markle in Düsseldorf for the Invictus Games One Year to Go event. After walking the red carpet hand-in-hand and greeting local officials, the couple chatted with well-wishers who were gathered outside the town hall — including taking a few selfies!

Düsseldorf was first announced as a future host city for the Invictus Games — Harry's international adaptive sports competition for injured, sick and wounded service personnel and veterans — in 2020 with the event initially set for 2022. However, when the coronavirus pandemic delayed the 2020 Invictus Games in The Hague, the Netherlands until 2022, preparations for Düsseldorf were also bumped back.

The first Invictus Games in Germany are set to take place from September 9 to 16, 2023.

The organization announced on Thursday that Rita Ora will perform at the event's closing ceremony.

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Prince Harry is currently in Asia. On Wednesday, he attended the ISPS Sports Values Summit-Special Edition in Tokyo, Japan, where he and pal Ignacio "Nacho" Figueras did some "shopping for our wives" — posing together in sunglasses for a snap posted on the Argentine polo player's Instagram page.

The pair were spotted at the airport on Thursday, likely heading to their next destination: Singapore. On Saturday, they'll both play in the Sentebale Polo Cup, benefiting the charity Prince Harry founded in 2006.

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