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Prince Harry, accompanied by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (2 / L) and representatives of Invictus Games, rides the Sydney Harbor Bridge on October 19, 2018. Ride this bridge with a fantastic view of the opera house. Sydney and the city's harbor extending below a popular item to be made for visitors to Australia, both royal and non-royal.(Photo: STEVE CHRISTO / AFP / Getty Images)

The flag of Prince Harry's Invictus games was slammed Friday on Sydney's iconic bridge, while Harry and his American wife, Duchess Meghan, were preparing to preside over the wounded warriors competition, where they debuted there. a year in Toronto.

Harry, being Harry, climbed onto the deck on Friday to send the game flag. Meghan, pregnant and pregnant in the spring, did not do it.

Many tourists, royal or not, do it every year; Harry, 34, has already done so during his previous visits to Sydney. He was accompanied by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and members of the Australian team during the three hour walk that lasted more than 1,000 steps to the back of one of the arches. of the bridge, while traffic in Sydney passed lower on the bridge road.

Of course, Meghan, 37, may not have intended to climb any of it was not listed as doing on the palaces preview of their tour. It's incredibly scary that it seems to those who are afraid of heights, but deck climbers enjoy a spectacular view of a beautiful city and harbor, with the beloved Sydney Opera House as a backdrop.

This time, Harry brought his idea, the Invictus Games for mentally and physically injured military veterans (founded in 2014), Australia for a week of Olympic style competition, with the sixth row of the throne and his duchess to cheer them on. .

On October 19, 2018, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan of Sussex wander on Sydney's famous Bondi Beach, put on their shoes and put on tropical garlands on the fourth day of their Down Under tour. (Photo by DAVID MOIR / AFP / Getty Images)

Invictus games are special for Harry and Meghan for another reason: It's here that the whole world was able to see them for the first time in public, as a couple, in Toronto at the 2017 Games.

She was dressed in a memorable fashion of a white shirt "white" and flexible, as well as jeans ripped with art, which have probably been banished to the bottom of his closet since his marriage in the royal family.

On September 25, 2017, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle watch wheelchair tennis at the 2017 Toronto Invictus Games, in their first public appearance as a couple. (Photo: Samir Hussein / WireImage)

They met in the summer of 2016 and stayed under the radar for six months before the British tabloids knew that Meghan, divorced and three years older than Harry, could be "that one".

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They announced their engagement in November 2017 and were married on May 19th at Windsor Castle. Only five months later, on Monday, just when they arrived in Sydney, Kensington Palace announced that it was expecting a baby, sending its fans around the world.

The former actress ("Suits") is now a Royal Duchess and an active member of the British Royal Family; their baby will be 7th in line of the throne.

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The royal couple is currently on a 16-day tour of Australia and the South Pacific. They began their tour by announcing that they were expecting a baby in the spring of 2019.
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Saturday, day 6 of their tour and opening day of the games, should be ripe for more loving couple photo shoots, already a hit with the Australians during their first days of repeated practice on PDA.

They must travel by boat to Cockatoo Island for a driving challenge, then attend a reception at the Opera House, before attending the opening ceremony where Harry is to deliver a speech. Sunday, they will attend a part of the competition in the fields of cycling and sailing.

Harry and Meghan must attend the opening and closing ceremonies. Approximately 500 athletes from 18 nations will participate in sports such as wheelchair basketball in venues around Sydney, where the 2000 Olympics were held. The Invictus flag will be flying 440 feet above Sydney Harbor until 39. at the close of the games, October 27.

Prince Harry, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, second from right, and representatives of the Invictus Games on the Sydney Harbor Bridge to send the Invictus Games flag on October 19, 2018. (Photo: Zak Hussein / AP)

The games take place as the newly married Duke and Duchess of Sussex make a 16-day tour of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga, their first international visit to the Commonwealth countries, their role attributed to the firm British royal.

Earlier Friday, Harry and Meghan Walk barefoot on the city's famous beach, Bondi, to meet a group of surfers focused on mental wellness. The group, OneWave, meets weekly in a "circle-bad atmosphere" on the sand.

The surfers were dressed in noisy and scandalous fluorescent outfits; Harry and Meghan were more sober (she wore a Martin Grant long striped dress and bare shoulders with black canvas wedge sandals), but their message to the group was clear.

"They are very passionate about mental health and they show that mental health does not discriminate," said OneWave co-founder Grant Trebilco.

Charlotte Connell, a member of OneWave, said Harry recounted his own consulting experiences more than 20 years after the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a car accident in a Parisian tunnel in 1997, at the age of 18. 12 years old. "Harry said it did not take him six months, but 18 months to find the right person to talk to.

Harry and Meghan both used exercise as a way to keep fit, Connell said. Meghan explained that being pregnant was like a jet lag.

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan of Sussex sign a visitor's book during a visit with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right) and his wife Jenny Morrison at Kirribilli House in Sydney on October 19, 2018. Meghan wore a two-tone sleeveless midi dress by Roxsandra. with beige suede pumps. (Photo: Saeed Khan / AP)

"Even in her jet lag, she got up in the morning and did yoga at 4:30," Connell said. "She said it was so good for healing her mind," Connell added.

After Bondi, the couple made an unannounced visit to Parramatta Girls' High School Macarthur in central Sydney. The screaming students welcomed the couple as a rock star in a school assembly.

"When they came in, I had the impression that my heart had stopped.Their presence shocked everyone," said Rhiannon, a 15-year-old student.

Contribute: Kirsty Wigglesworth of the Associated Press in Sydney and Rod McGuirk in Canberra, Australia.

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