Prince Harry Will Skydive for Charity, Keeping a Promise to a 102-Year-Old Canadian Veteran
Prince Harry will jump from a plane this month to raise money for two Canadian military charities, honoring a promise he made to a 102-year-old veteran he met last fall.
The skydive stems from a visit Harry paid to Sunnybrook Hospital's veterans center in Toronto in November 2025, where he met Ed Marshall, a Canadian who trained as a paratrooper during the Second World War. Marshall himself completed a fundraising skydive to mark his 100th birthday. Harry reportedly promised Marshall he would do the same. Marshall will not jump again. His grandson, Bailey, will take his place alongside the prince, according to Town & Country.
The Sunnybrook Foundation, the fundraising arm of the Toronto hospital, announced the jump on its website on September 2 (Sunnybrook Foundation). Harry will jump alongside fellow veterans, the foundation said. The money raised will benefit Sunnybrook and the True Patriot Love Foundation, Canada's national charity for the military community, which supports serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces, veterans, and their families through grants, research, and advocacy.
Harry's connection to the True Patriot Love Foundation runs deeper than a single jump. He traveled to Canada last November at the charity's invitation and headlined its 17th annual National Tribute dinner in Toronto. Helmets tied to Harry were auctioned at the event, and the dinner series raised more than $2 million (roughly $2.7 million in U.S. currency) for the foundation.
The military world is familiar ground for Harry. He served ten years in the British Army, completing two tours of duty in Afghanistan — first as a Forward Air Controller, calling in airstrikes for ground troops, and later as an Apache helicopter pilot. He founded the Invictus Games, the international adaptive-sport competition for wounded service members, in 2014.
No specific date or location for the jump has been announced. Town & Country reports the skydive could be Harry's first public engagement since moving back to the U.K. His last confirmed public appearance was in Washington, D.C., where he met with American veterans and their families.
What gives the story its weight is the handshake behind it. A prince who served in Afghanistan, a veteran who jumped from planes in training eight decades ago, and a grandson stepping in to close the loop on a promise made across a hospital room. The jump itself is the easy part. The harder thing was showing up in Toronto in November, sitting down with a 102-year-old man, and meaning it.
