Britain's Zara Phillips is to take part in a wheelchair rugby match during the Invictus Games next month.

Zara Phillips has agreed to take part in the wheelchair rugby match as part of the Invictus Games next month.

The 33-year-old royal has agreed to play in the televised exhibition match at the Copper Box arena in London on September 12 as part of the sporting competition for injured members of the armed forces.

Speaking to the Express newspaper, she said: "It's important to get involved in the Invictus Games to use the power of sport to inspire recovery and support rehabilitation. I'm very excited to be involved.

"I have seen wheelchair rugby being played before but I haven't played. I can't imagine I'm going to be very good at it, but obviously we'll bring our A-Game!"

Zara and her husband Mike Tindall, with whom she has eight-month-old daughter Mia, will go up against her cousin Prince Harry, 29, Dame Kelly Holmes, Denise Lewis and singer Example as they battle it out to win.

The blonde beauty - who won silver in the Team Eventing at the London 2012 Olympics - is thrilled that she will be involved in another major sporting event.

She added: "I'm looking forward to being part of an amazing games. Having servicemen and women from all over the globe come together and compete in sport is going to be fantastic."

Meanwhile, Harry organised the international sporting event as a way of helping the injured service personnel through rehabilitation with the hope of paving a "pathway back into employment."

The Invictus Games will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London from September 10 until and September 14.


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