Prince Harry visits Toronto's Sunnybrook Veterans Centre

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, visited Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre's Veterans Centre in Toronto this week as part of a two-day trip to Canada for events tied to Remembrance Day. The visit included meetings with Second World War and Korean War veterans, participation in a creative arts session, and attendance at fundraising events organized to support veterans and international demining work.

At Sunnybrook, one of Canada’s largest veterans care hubs, Harry met veterans and staff taking part in the centre’s art therapy program. He joined a creative arts class where veterans painted and decorated helmets intended for a charity auction, and he assisted in painting poppies on a helmet with Jim LaForce, a 101-year-old Royal Canadian Air Force veteran who served in the Battle of Normandy. Photographs from the visit show the duke greeting and speaking with several veterans; on one occasion he was filmed kissing the hand of 91-year-old Villa Shah. Staff presented him with a Toronto Blue Jays cap during the visit.

The trip was made at the invitation of the True Patriot Love Foundation, a Canadian charity that supports military members, veterans and their families. The duke’s...