Prince Harry Completes Daring Canada Charity Skydive Honoring 102-Year-Old Veteran, Immediately Calls Meghan Markle
Prince Harry scaled new heights of charitable engagement outside Toronto, Canada, executing a daring tandem skydive to honor a solemn promise made to a 102-year-old World War II veteran while championing frontline military charities. The Duke of Sussex, 42, initially bonded with veteran paratrooper Ed Marshall at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital Veterans Centre in November 2025 over their shared military heritage.
After medical evaluations deemed the centenarian unable to jump safely, Marshall’s grandson, Bailey, leaped alongside the Duke in his grandfather’s stead, while the 102-year-old veteran rode aboard the aircraft to offer enthusiastic airborne support. Speaking to CTV moments after landing, Harry confirmed his first post-jump priority was checking in with his wife, Meghan Markle, sharing lighthearted insight into her domestic relief: “I didn’t have to convince her, but she was relieved once we were down. It took quite a while to get up, so I think she was like, ‘Are they down yet? Are they down yet?’”
Humorously deflecting credit to the persuasive veteran who previously skydived for his own 100th birthday, Harry noted: “There’s no version where you can let a 102-year-old veteran down… Bailey stepped in, but Ed was in the back cheering us on. He’s going to be 103 in a few months’ time!”
Reflecting on his broader routine following the family’s recent relocation to British soil, the Duke delivered an encouraging status update regarding their domestic transition: “It’s been great. The kids [Archie and Lilibet] are happy in school, and it gives me a chance to really focus on Invictus in Birmingham. The Games are in July next year.”
Benefiting both the Sunnybrook Foundation and the True Patriot Love Foundation—key long-term institutional allies of Harry’s Invictus movement—the skydive capped a whirlwind North American working tour following high-profile engagements at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, reinforcing the Duke’s continued commitment to veteran welfare and youth empowerment.