Uganda will now take part in Invictus Games after Palace reassurance

What the report says

Uganda has reversed an earlier decision and will now take part in Prince Harry’s Invictus Games for wounded veterans, according to BBC Africa. The change came after what the BBC says was a phone call between Buckingham Palace and Uganda’s military leadership, during which the King’s principal private secretary, Sir Clive Alderton, reportedly said the King had no objection to Uganda’s participation.

The BBC reports that Uganda’s military chief, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, had announced a withdrawal last week, saying the country did not want to be seen as opposing King Charles III. That position followed wider royal attention around a Palace letter clarifying that Prince Harry and Meghan remain non-working royals. After the conversation with the Palace, Uganda’s military said preparations for the event would resume.

The Invictus Games, which are scheduled to be held in Birmingham next year, were first announced as including Uganda in July. The BBC says the reversal is being viewed as a positive outcome for Prince Harry’s flagship sporting event for injured service personnel, and as a sign that the Palace has helped calm tensions created by the earlier royal dispute. The report does not make clear who initiated the call between the two sides.