Prince Harry and Jelle van Der Steen.Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty
At the Wheelchair Basketball competition on Thursday, special accommodations were made for former Marine Jelle van Der Steen of the Netherlands to support his teammates. Despite having surgery last week, van der Steen attended the event in a hospital bed.
Royal photographer Chris Jacksonshared photosof the moment on Instagram, writing: “Sorry for not posting much recently but it’s been hectic - I LOVED this moment 💪🏻 - summed up the @invictusgames2020 spirit - Jelle van der Steen of Team Netherlands🇳🇱 was operated on last week but he wanted to come out and show his support for his fellow teammates.”
Prince Harry and Jelle van Der Steen.Chris Jackson/Getty
Prince Harryalso got his wardrobe ready, showing off a head-to-toe orange outfit on the call to give a nod to the Netherlands' national color.
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“Life is full of extraordinary gifts and challenges, many that can be seen as lessons,” he says in this week’s cover story. “Over time I’ve learned that how we mentally approach and react to the ups and downs — those gifts and challenges — is what helps to define our own outcome.”
Prince Harry.Chris Jackson/Getty
“Every time I hear that it goes straight to my core. I really feel it,” Harry tells PEOPLE. “I feel it with every hug I get from the competitors themselves or their family members. I feel it when they share with me what it means to see their husband, father, wife or mother simply smile again. Sport is the mechanism. Purpose is the potion. Mindset is the medicine.”
He adds, “Many of these families have been to the darkest places imaginable. While each story is different and unique, the lessons are more relatable to all of us than they might seem. I am proud to watch their recoveries, but even prouder of their service to others. I believe their presence and resilience is quite literally saving more lives than we’ll ever know or hear about.”
source: people.com
