''Heart of Invictus'' is a 2023 American documentary series set for streaming on Netflix. It was released on August 30, 2023.

Background and production

In April 2021, it was announced that

Archewell Productions Archewell Inc. is a Beverly Hills-based public organization registered in Delaware and founded in 2020 by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. The group includes the couple's nonprofit charitable foundation, as well as ...

' first project with Netflix would be ''Heart of Invictus'', a documentary series in partnership with The Invictus Games Foundation. The project will surround the six competitors from the 2020 Invictus Games, directed by

Orlando von Einsiedel Orlando von EinsiedelPeople of Today 2017 / Lucy Hume (born in August 1980) is a British film director. He directs mostly documentary films that investigate global social issues, and has filmed in various places around the world, including Africa ...

and produced by

Joanna Natasegara Joanna Natasegara is a British film director and producer. She produced '' Virunga'' (2014) and '' The White Helmets'' (2016), for which she received nominations for Academy Award in the categories of Best Documentary Feature and Best Documen ...

. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, founder of the Invictus Games, will executive produce the series and appear on camera. Other executive producers are Ben Browning, Chanel Pysnik, Lord Allen of Kensington,

Sir Keith Mills Sir Keith Edward Mills, (born 15 May, 1950) is an English entrepreneur and deputy chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Early life Mills was born in Brentwood. He attended St Martin's School, Br ...

, Dominic Reid, and Abigail Anketell-Jones. The first trailer for the series was released on August 16, 2023.

Episodes

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 86% approval rating with an average rating of 8.0/10, based on 7 critic reviews. Writing for '' The Guardian'', Lucy Mangan gave the series 4/5 starts in her review and described it as "moving and nuanced – even if Harry seems tempted to settle scores about his army career." Ed Power of '' The Daily Telegraph'' gave the series 3/5 stars and believed "While the struggles of the ex-military personnel profiled in the first instalment are hugely emotive, they ultimately and unfortunately function as filler between the Harry stuff – and it looks like everyone involved knows it." The series failed to make the Netflix Top 10 charts. Some of the claims made by Harry in the series came under scrutiny. He stated that after returning from Afghanistan in 2012 "there was an unravelling" but "no-one around me could really help, I didn't have that support structure that network or that expert advice to identify what was actually going on with me." His statement was in contrast to comments he had previously made in 2017, when he credited his brother with encouraging him to seek therapy. Harry also suggested that the British media breached the blackout placed on details surrounding his deployment to Afghanistan, whereas it was an American website and an Australian women's magazine who revealed Harry's presence in Afghanistan.

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