Prince Harry and Meghan Markle take in Vancouver Canucks game Monday night

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle take in Vancouver Canucks game Monday night

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The Duke of Sussex dropped the puck before the Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks game

Published Nov 20, 2023  •  Last updated 2 minutes ago  •  1 minute read

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle take in Vancouver Canucks game Monday night
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, drops the puck for San Jose Sharks’ Tomas Hertl, left, and Vancouver Canucks’ Quinn Hughes during a ceremonial faceoff before a game at Rogers Arena on Monday night Photo by DARRYL DYCK Darryl Dyck /THE CANADIAN PRESS

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended the Vancouver Canucks game against the San Jose Sharks on Monday night.

The happy-looking Royal couple sat in a VIP box after Harry dropped the puck in the lead-up to the game with San Jose Sharks’ Tomas Hertl and Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes on either side. Others in the VIP box included local Indigenous leaders, B.C. Premier David Eby and Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sports Minister Lana Popham.

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The jumbotron highlighted the Duke of Sussex’s Invictus Games that are being held in Whistler and Vancouver from Feb. 8 to Feb. 16 2025.

Harry is the founder and the patron of the Invictus Games Foundation, which runs the international multi-sport event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s visit to Vancouver had not been revealed until the couple appeared at the rink.

On Oct. 6, 2002, Harry’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth dropped the puck for a Canucks game also against the Sharks — when Markus Naslund was captain — with Wayne Gretzky by her side.

Markus Naslund (right) of the Vancouver Canucks picks up the puck after Queen Elizabeth II dropped the puck at the ceremonial face-off between Naslund and Mike Ricci of the San Jose Sharks at General Motors Place in Vancouver, B.C. on Sunday, October 6, 2002.
Markus Naslund (right) of the Vancouver Canucks picks up the puck after Queen Elizabeth II dropped the puck at the ceremonial faceoff between Naslund and Mike Ricci of the San Jose Sharks at General Motors Place in Vancouver, B.C. on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002. Photo by RICHARD LAM /Canadian Press

The couple lived in North Saanich on Vancouver Island for three months in 2019 during the COVID-19 pandemic after leaving Britain and the royal life behind.

According to Harry’s book Spare, the couple considered settling in B.C. before they moved to Los Angeles where they now reside with their two children.

At one point the rumour mill had the royal couple eyeing a waterfront home in Kitsilano, but it was just rumour.

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