Prince Harry to meet injured service athletes in US trip

Prince Harry is to meet a group of wounded UK service personnel and take part in a tournament called Warrior Games, during a short trip to the US.

Harry will also receive a humanitarian prize in Washington for his charitable work with injured military personnel.

The Warrior Games is an event hosted every year by the US Olympic Committee.

Wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans compete in Paralympic-style sporting events.

More than 200 competitors took part in the games in Colorado last week and the British team competed in archery, cycling, swimming, track and field and sitting volleyball.

The UK team, which was funded by the charity Help For Heroes, will meet Prince Harry later at the home of the British Ambassador, Sir Peter Westmacott.

The 27-year-old Harry will then travel to a hotel to be presented with the Atlantic Council's 2012 award for distinguished humanitarian leadership.

He is a patron of the Walking With The Wounded charity, and is a prominent supporter of ABF The Soldiers' Charity and Help For Heroes.