Prince Harry unleashed his competitive spirit today as he was given a kangaroo toy by the Australian Invictus Games team, and threatened to throw it in a swimming pool.

The Prince, who is in Toronto, Canada, for the military veterans' event, spent the afternoon meeting teams from around the world set to compete in swimming, volleyball and wheelchair basketball.

The Australian sportsmen and women gave him two small koalas to take home for Prince George and Princess Charlotte and showed off a boxing kangaroo mascot, which the Prince joked he would throw in the water in the spirit of friendly competition.

Making his way around the pool at the Invictus training session, he spent time with British athletes giving them pep talks for the week ahead.