New Delhi, July 13 -- a cause that was never about him.

The Duke of Sussex appeared at the National Exhibition Centre on July 10, joining athletes and organizers for the competition's official one-year countdown event. He played pickleball and participated in wheelchair rugby, two of the new sports being added to the 2027 program, alongside competitors whose injuries rarely register in public discourse outside of military funding debates or healthcare policy.

"The Invictus Games highlight the best of Prince Harry and the assets the British royal family lost when the Sussexes exited working royal life," royal commentator Meredith Constant told Fox News.

British royal expert Hilary Fordwich offered a simpler accounting of the games' dura...