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Prince Harry Plays Polo While Meghan Markle—and a Netflix Camera Crew—Watch From the Sidelines

Last week, the streamer announced that Harry was helming a new unscripted series about the world of professional polo, and filming is already underway.
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On Friday, Prince Harry made his return to the polo field in Wellington, Florida alongside longtime friend Nacho Figueras for the annual Sentebale Polo Cup, which raises funds for the HIV/AIDS nonprofit Harry helped found in 2006. As she has over the last few years, wife Meghan Markle was watching from the sidelines. This time around, the couple was joined by a camera crew filming the match for Harry and Meghan’s recently announced Netflix series about the polo world. 

Meghan, who wore a dress and sunglasses by California-based brand Heidi Merrick, arrived at the match with Figueras’s wife, Delfina Blaquier, and a journalist from Hello! snapped a picture of the pair holding hands while they watched their husbands pose for pictures. At the end of the match, Meghan went in for a few kisses when she presented her husband with the Royal Salute Polo Challenge cup. “Well done, everyone!” she said, according to the outlet, who added that Meghan’s friend Serena Williams was also present for the match.

Last Thursday, Deadline reported that Meghan and Harry have two new unscripted series in the works with the streamer. One will see Meghan team up with Selena + Chef’s Leah Hariton and director Michael Steed as co-showrunners on a program that will “celebrate the joys of cooking, gardening, entertaining, and friendship.” The other will chronicle the world of professional polo players, using footage shot primarily during the U.S. Open Polo Championship over the last week. Miloš Balać, a producer on the hit FX show Welcome to Wrexham, has signed on as a showrunner.

Figueras told Hello! that he will also be involved with Harry’s new polo series. “We’ve been working on this for a long time,” he said. “It was always Harry’s dream and passion to share the world, what it takes to be a really competitive polo player and show polo at the highest level.”

The Argentine polo player also said that he hopes Harry’s two children, Archie and Lilibet, will someday get to play a game against his own children. “I hope that Archie and Lili get to love horses as much as he does,” he said. “There’s something about the outside of a horse that’s great for the inside of a human. Hopefully that love and passion will be transmitted. I know my kids love it and they love to play. It would be a dream that one day we all get to play polo together.”