The Sussexes at the 2025 Invictus Games in Whistler, Canada - Aaron Chown/PA

The Royal family would be “very much welcome” at Prince Harry’s Invictus Games in 2027, the event’s chief executive has said.

The Duke of Sussex is expected to invite his father and other family members to the Games in the hope that it will prove an opportunity for reconciliation.

It has been claimed that he sent email invitations to Buckingham Palace last month, in order to give the King the maximum chance to include the event in his busy schedule.

It would mark the first time that any member of the Royal family has joined the Duke at the sporting fixture for sick and injured service personnel since the inaugural event in London in 2014.

The Duke, along with Michael Buble, attempts wheelchair curling ahead of the 2025 Games - JENNIFER GAUTHIER/REUTERS

Helen Helliwell, chief executive of the Invictus Games in Birmingham, said they would be most welcome.

Asked if she hoped the King, as head of the Armed Forces, would attend, she told People magazine that the Royal family were “supporters of the Armed Forces. They’ve been supporters of Invictus since inception in 2014”.

She added: “We’re two years away, and it’s too soon to confirm who’s going to be there. But obviously, we’d be delighted if members of the Royal family were able to attend, and would very much welcome their presence in a couple of years’ time.”

“We will be delighted if they come over for the year out and for the Games,” she added.

“We are so far out it’s impossible for one individual to confirm their plans, but we would be delighted if the Duke were able to come.”

The Duke at the bronze & gold sitting volleyball finals during the Invictus Games 2025 - Eric Charbonneau

She added: “I’ve seen the impact. His passion is unsurpassed. He really brings a magical sparkle dust to his interactions, and there is a really special relationship with him and the community. So, we will be super excited to host him in Birmingham as well.

“He founded it and put on the first Games in 2014. That was his vision, that’s been realised, and it’s just grown and grown and grown.

“So to have it back in the UK for this eighth iteration, I think, is really special. I think it’s going to be a really special moment for the whole country. But particularly, I think a real sense of pride for him in seeing just how far that movement has come.”

The Telegraph understands that such a potential reconciliation has been discussed at the most senior level of Buckingham Palace - Max Mumby/Indigo

Buckingham Palace has declined to discuss the possibility of royal attendance at the July 2027 Games, insisting that diaries are not planned that far in advance.

However, The Telegraph understands that such a potential reconciliation has been discussed at the most senior level, with palace aides aware that the event could prove a timely opportunity to mend bridges.

It is not yet known whether the Duchess of Sussex or their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, who by then would be eight and six, would join the Duke in the UK.

During his recent legal battle with the Government over security, he said he did not feel able to bring his children back to this country and could not put his wife “in danger like that”.

But with the UK hosting the event, it is thought there may be a way to ensure any Sussexes who attend are incorporated under the wider police protection umbrella.

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