Uganda has pulled out of the Duke of Sussex's Invictus Games because of the 'Harry-Meghan nonsense', with its military chief insisting: 'I support the monarch.'

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, head of the country's armed forces, insisted this morning that he did not want to be 'construed as being opposed to His Majesty'.

General Kainerugaba, the president's son, said in a post on X: 'In order not to be construed as being opposed to His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom, whom we deeply revere, Uganda hereby withdraws from the Invictus Games.

'We shall not participate in anything that does not have His Majesty's approval.'

Asked by The Times why he made the announcement, General Kainerugaba said: 'I have factions in the Ministry of Defence that support that Harry-Meghan nonsense. I had to quash it straight away. I support the monarch. Period.'