Uganda has withdrawn from Prince Harry's Invictus Games, just two months after joining, following an announcement by General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda's chief of defence and son of the country's president. He said the move was to avoid appearing opposed to King Charles III, linking the decision to a letter sent this week on behalf of the King confirming that Harry and Meghan remain non-working royals. This matters because it draws Uganda's military into the ongoing fallout from the rift between the King and the Sussexes, and casts doubt over participation in next year's games.

Uganda had become the 26th nation to join the Invictus Games in July, announced while Harry was in London promoting the event, which supports wounded and injured military veterans. A Uganda government spokesman confirmed the general's authority over the decision, while a report in The Times linked it to his frustration over the "Harry-Meghan nonsense". Royal sources said the King backs all projects supporting wounded service personnel, and organisers of the games, due to be held in Birmingham next year, said they had received no official confirmation and were seeking clarification from Ugandan contacts.