Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will likely celebrate Valentine’s Day today in Montecito, California; however last year, during the same period, they made one move that left fans and royal watchers “speechless”. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex travelled to Vancouver, Canada, in early 2025 to attend the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler.

During the opening ceremony of the games on February 8, the couple sent shockwaves around the world after sharing a passionate kiss, with Meghan seen placing her hands on her husband’s face for the sweet moment. But while the couple’s kiss was seen positively by some fans, it was also blasted by others who found it “nauseating” and branded it a “photo-op”.

The Daily Mail’s Amanda Platell wrote at the time: “We had a fawning Meghan making doe eyes while looking up at him, clutching his arm and grabbing his face for a very public kiss. No photo-op went unmissed. Megs was determined that she and their love affair would take centre-stage, whatever we thought about the heroic men and women this event was actually celebrating. In all my many years as a journalist and former political spin doctor, I cannot recall a more miscalculated and nauseating public display of affection.”

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