Britain's Prince Harry says preparing for the Invictus Games has become his full time job and it was a real struggle to get everything done in just a year.

While the 29-year-old royal insisted he is still in the Army, he admitted everything has taken a backseat to making sure everything is in order for the sporting event in September.

Prince Harry says preparing for the Invictus Games has become his full time job

Speaking to Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2's breakfast show, he said: "This is basically my full time job at the moment is making sure that we pull this off. It's been a real struggle actually. Anyone listening out there I would say, if you're going to try and plan something this big in under a year make sure you've either got Sir Keith Mills with you or don't bother doing it at all. No it's been great and it means I get to spend more time with these guys which is fantastic."

And Harry revealed the games are being held in order to help injured servicemen and women cope while undergoing rehabilitation.

He said: "The point of them is to basically use the power of sport to help these guys through the rehabilitation. And it's basically a pathway to allow the wounded, injured and sick communities within the UK - and across the board as well because we've got 14 nations coming to it - giving them a pathway back into employment. A lot of these individuals, girls and guys, that have been injured get into that very, sort of, negative state of mind and actually it's a lot easier to stay out of the way of everybody else because, you know, you get anxiety and you're trying to rebuild your life. You know, these guys are a credit to the country so to give them a chance to come out and inspire others around them, whether they be military or whether they be civilian, to show how they've come from that to competing in amongst 430 other competitors in the Invictus Games in London in front of 55,000 people is absolutely incredible."

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