If you happen to haven’t but had the early days of the Trump presidency everlasting sunshine-d out of your mind, forged your thoughts again to Could 2017, when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle despatched royal watchers’ eyebrows flying up below their fascinators after getting caught holding fingers on the Polo Problem in Ascot’s Coworth Park. Seven years later, it’s déjà vu over again this week, with the now Duke and Duchess of Sussex partaking in some gentle PDA on the polo in (fast Google)… Florida?
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Friday.Photograph: Yaroslav Sabitov / PA Pictures / Getty Pictures
The sum complete of my data of polo quantities to 1 late-night viewing of Fairly Lady (key takeaways: put on polka dots, resist “Come on, Dover”ing, keep away from Jason Alexander), so I received’t try and weigh in on what occurred throughout the Royal Salute Polo Problem match on Friday. What I’ll level out is that it raised funds for each Prince Harry’s charity Sentebale and each tabloid below the Murdoch umbrella because of photographs of Meghan presenting Harry with each a kiss and what I’m pretty sure is the Triwizard Match trophy. (“You’re a Windsor, Harry.”) For what it’s value, when you, like me, nonetheless don’t perceive why ponies don’t get extra credit score for doing all of the arduous work in polo, there’s hope; as a part of the Sussexes’—very underreported—cope with Netflix, Harry is making a docuseries meant to light up the game as soon as described by Sylvester Stallone as “like making an attempt to play golf throughout an earthquake,” with cameras trailing the senior-but-“not-working” royal all through his stint on the East Coast.
