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Meghan MarkleandPrince Harryare having a Valentine’s Day to remember in Canada.
Prince Harry got into an adaptive ski to try a run for himself.
Ivan Morera, who represented Team U.S.A. in Germany last year and will compete again in Canada, tells PEOPLE that he’s learning how to ski and snowboard.
“I love to challenge myself just to build resilience and show that I’m still capable of being physically active even with my adaptation. I’ve had a great time here,” he says.
Morera, who is a single-arm amputee following an incident while he was serving Afghanistan, says, “I look forward to meeting Prince Harry, just shaking his hand and, ‘Hey, thank you for your service and thank you for this opportunity.”
She adds that while she competed in Germany last year, the winter training camp in Canada on Wednesday marked her first time meeting Prince Harry and Meghan. “I’m happy and proud about that,” she says.
The Duke of Sussex, a former captain in the British Army, founded the international adaptive sports tournament for wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans in 2014. Invictus means “unconquered” in Latin, and the competition’s motto “I am” comes from the William Ernest Henley poem of the same name, which ends with the lines, “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”
“The poem is a reminder that you have the power to take control of your life," Prince Harrytold PEOPLEin 2022.
Prince Harry sits in an adaptive ski on February 14, 2024.Andrew Chin/Getty
Not only are Vancouver and Whistler close to the couple’s California home, but Vancouver is also a special spot for their family. Before stepping back from their royal roles in 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex spent their first holiday season as a family of three in 2019 with their son,Prince Archie, now 4,on Vancouver Island.
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