Michael Bublé is “proud” of his friends Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for all their hard work with the Invictus Games.

Earlier this week, The Voice coach opened up about what the adaptive sports tournament for veterans means to him in an interview on the ground at the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025. Bublé, 49, introduced “my friend” Prince Harry in an upbeat speech at the Whistler Welcome Celebration on Feb. 10 and spoke to British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) Radio about the effort the Duke and Duchess of Sussex put into making the competition magic.

“How does it feel to be here in Whistler today?” the reporter asked the singer in an interview published on Feb. 12, which prompted a heartfelt response.

We grabbed a chat with @MichaelBuble backstage in Whistler, the home of the @InvictusGames25 adaptive winter sports! ⛷️

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“Well, that’s a big question and with a big answer. The truth is, I love Invictus. I love everything it stands for. Every night, wherever I am, and I mean it, anywhere in the world, when I sing the song ‘Home’ that I wrote, every single night, I dedicate it to the servicemen and women who are a hell of a lot braver than me, who are giving us the freedom to be in a place like this and to enjoy each other. It means a lot to me. It’s deep,” Bublé said.

“And I know how hard Harry and Meghan work at it. I know that it’s a lot, and I love that I can be part of it,” he continued.

The Grammy Award winner, who is from Barnaby near Vancouver, said he loved to represent “my city, my country” around Invictus.

“There’s a lot of pride here. And listen man, the world needs more good, and we need people like you to give us the ability to feel free and safe and able to raise our kids the right way,” he told the interviewer. Bublé and his wife, Luisana Lopilato, share four children, and she joined him at the Whistler Welcome Celebration commemorating the kickoff of Invictus in Whistler.

“It’s just nice to hang, it’s nice to see old friends. I’m proud of all the work they do, I really am,” Bublé said later in the conversation, affectionately referencing Prince Harry, 40, and Meghan, 43.

Bublé and Lopilato previously supported the Invictus Games by joining the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler’s One Year to Go countdown event in February 2024, where Bublé and Harry hit the ice to try wheelchair curling, one of the new winter sports that debuted at the tournament this year. The couples also hit the town for a double date night in Vancouver, where Chef Vikram Vij of Vij’s restaurant exclusively told PEOPLE, “They were extremely friendly and nice.”

Bublé and Lopilato, 37, returned to root for the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 at the Whistler Welcome Celebration on Feb. 10, where they spent time with Prince Harry and Meghan. The Duke of Sussex, a former captain in the British Army, launched the Invictus Games as an international adaptive sports tournament for wounded, injured and sick veterans as a means for healing in 2014, and the current cycle in Canada is the Games’ seventh iteration.

The 2025 Invictus Games are running from Feb. 8 to Feb. 16 between the cities of Vancouver and Whistler, and Harry, Meghan, Bublé and Lopilato went back to Vij’s for dinner on the first night of the competition.

On Feb. 12, the “Everything” singer introduced Harry on stage for the Whistler Welcome Celebration. There, charmed the crowd with an a capella rendition of “Feeling Good” and told the Invictus athletes that they are “real superheroes.”

“It’s humbling and it’s an honor for me, and I know how difficult something like this is, and I wanted to make sure I did this right. Because without the incredible effort of this young man, none of this would happen,” Bublé said later on stage. “So please welcome the Duke of Sussex and the founder of the Invictus Games Foundation, my friend, Prince Harry,” he added, and the two shared a handshake and hug.

Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the Invictus Games, Prince Harry shared his excitement for everything ahead.

“It’s incredible to be back in Canada. Canada couldn’t be more appropriate to host the first Winter Games. Everyone is so excited,” the Duke of Sussex says.

The Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler take the competition back to a previous host country for the first time following the 2017 Toronto Games, where Prince Harry and Meghan memorably made their first public appearance as a couple during their courtshi