Prince Harry appears defeated after losing polo match for first time since the Queen’s Jubilee

• Prince Harry was photographed at a polo game in Santa Barbara, California.
• He played for his buddy Nacho Figueras’ team against Dundee II while standing on the side of the pitch.
• The sighting follows his and Meghan Markle’s visits to London earlier this month.

Prince Harry was photographed at a polo game at the Cancha de Estrella’s Polo Club in Santa Barbara on Friday, After spending some time in London earlier this month to honour Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.

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Prince Harry, 37, is dressed casually in a green shirt and white slacks. He finished off his outfit with black riding boots and knee protection for the occasion.

Prince Harry appeared to be focused on the game in which he showed up to play for his buddy Nacho Figueras’ team against Dundee II while standing on the side of the pitch. The open-to-the-public contest finished with the opposing team winning by a score of 12-8. Meghan Markle, his wife, was reportedly not present at the celebration.

The sighting follows Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s appearances during the Queen’s four-day celebrations to mark the monarch’s unprecedented 70-year reign.

The royal family began the Platinum Jubilee celebrations on June 3 at St. Paul’s Cathedral with a thanksgiving service honouring Queen Elizabeth. Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William, and Kate Middleton arrived ahead of Harry and Meghan, who talked up on living as royals in a 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey. It was the first time in over two years that the three couples were seen together in public.

There was no eye contact between Prince William, 39, and Kate, 40, as they made their way to their front-row seats, and Prince Harry and Meghan, who were sat in the second row beside Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice, and their husbands.

As they departed the service, there was no interaction between the Sussexes and the Cambridges. Before leaving, Harry and Meghan spoke with his cousins Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral.

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“It was meant to be all about the Queen, and it didn’t give people the chance to speculate about their relationship,” a royal insider said this week of the situation.

Meghan and Harry had joined extended members of the royal family for Trooping the Colour the day before, on June 2. They were not asked to stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace or to take part in a carriage procession during the parade because they are no longer senior working royals. Instead, they watched the parade from the Major General’s Office, which overlooks the Horse Guards Parade, with other members of the royal family.