Prince Harry Plays Polo On Second Day Of NYC Trip (PHOTOS)

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First Posted: 05-30-09 12:37 PM   |   Updated: 05-31-09 02:40 PM

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NEW YORK � Prince Harry is playing polo in New York and following in his mother's footsteps by helping raise money for a charity for AIDS orphans.

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On the second day of his first official visit to the United States, the 24-year-old prince went to Governors Island in New York Harbor. He's playing in The Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic.

Before the match, Harry remembered Princess Diana.

The match will benefit a charity for AIDS orphans in Lesotho, Africa _ a cause for which the late princess worked.

The prince set up the charity with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, who also lost his mother at a young age. Harry says that his mother's love for New York City made the occasion "all the more poignant" for him.

***SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS*** NEW YORK � Prince Harry is playing polo in New York and following in his mother's footsteps by helping raise money for a charity for AIDS orphans. SEE PHOTOS OF HARRY ...
***SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS*** NEW YORK � Prince Harry is playing polo in New York and following in his mother's footsteps by helping raise money for a charity for AIDS orphans. SEE PHOTOS OF HARRY ...
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Polo is fascinating! It is very physical and a tremendous sport to watch. Players swap horses every chukka or period which lasts 7 minutes. I wrote about it at my own blog www.StuffRichPeopleLove.com. The brittish should be proud of their prince at how well he represents the country.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:57 PM on 06/04/2009

Anyone who thinks horses don't love to play polo has not watched them at play even with no humans interacting. THey chase, herd and watch balls, other animals and even humans if you are not careful. The only cruel element in POLO is Ralph Lauren who persuaded a judge that it did not exist before he appropriated its image. I lost one of my favorite magazines which had been in circulation for more than a hundred years because Ralph Lauren sued it for using POLO in its title . And by the way polo is not just for the rich. Cowboys, kids and others all play. Anyone with horses and a broom and ball can play. Philadelphia is home to an innercity polo team featuring some rescued horses. Learn before you comment. I am in the center of the country and I am aware of polo.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:35 AM on 06/02/2009
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'You're a commoner and I'm not!' Harry says after spitting Champaign on fellow player.

Please rid us of these 'royals'.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:53 PM on 06/01/2009

Please cite your source.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:57 PM on 06/01/2009

Polo may attract some hot elite jocks, but it is a cruel, cruel sport and should be banned.

Horses would never line up to play polo on their own without being forced to do so by unthinking, cruel human beings.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:52 PM on 06/01/2009
- DessLoch I'm a Fan of DessLoch 7 fans permalink

Granny foots his bills? Given him his own pad?

So I guess that's one way to get him to stop blasting "God save the Queen" by the Sex Pistols around the palace (you know Diana would be soo proud)!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:14 PM on 06/01/2009
    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:10 PM on 05/31/2009

I hope he had a nice trip.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:44 PM on 05/31/2009
- dagdavid I'm a Fan of dagdavid 10 fans permalink
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Does anyone else see the irony in playing polo for charity?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:18 PM on 05/31/2009
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Clue ~ wealthy people show up to polo matches.
Harry is a skilled polo player. Why not play for charity?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:23 PM on 05/31/2009
- LeBelAge I'm a Fan of LeBelAge 9 fans permalink

LOL! I do.

Why is Polo considered a sport anyway? The horses do all the work.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:29 AM on 06/01/2009
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Hah! Still trying to convince people you're a "good person", Harry? Too little, too late.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:31 PM on 05/31/2009
- VOTER I'm a Fan of VOTER 160 fans permalink
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Just checking and glad to see comments are moving forward here on
the Entertainment Page while over 1,300 comments for one article on the Main Page
are sitting in Limbo.

Go figure!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:07 PM on 05/31/2009
- VOTER I'm a Fan of VOTER 160 fans permalink
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Correction:
Over 1, 400 comments.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:09 PM on 05/31/2009
- fulanita I'm a Fan of fulanita 4 fans permalink

Why aren't the masses attacking the polo match. This high society crap annoys me.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:27 PM on 05/31/2009
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The money is going to charity... and polo is not all "high society". I know lots of people who have attended polo even in my hick city in the midwest.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:34 PM on 05/31/2009
- wadenelson1 I'm a Fan of wadenelson1 223 fans permalink
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I actually used to have a lot of fun going to polo games. Most have free admission since nobody's all that interested in it as a spectator sport except the owners and riders. That the riders manage to avoid NASCAR style pileups is amazing in itself -- since they could be deadly to both horse and rider. It was a great place to meet singles too. I didn't encounter the least bit of snobbery.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:53 PM on 05/31/2009
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Yes, exactly. Even in tony Del Mar, admission is maybe $5, you can bring your own food and drink, they have entertainment for the kids, and it's just a lot of fun. I don't think people realize just how skilled the players and horses are.
Plus, those Argentinian players are gorgeous!
It would be a great place to meet singles.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:25 PM on 05/31/2009
- Teckwreck I'm a Fan of Teckwreck 2 fans permalink

America has its own royalty. Instead of spitting Champagne for charity we had drooling GW for death and Dubai.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:37 PM on 05/31/2009
- Defunct I'm a Fan of Defunct 13 fans permalink

Royalty in the 21st century. How so hundred years ago.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:33 PM on 05/31/2009

It's so 226 years ago in NY!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:29 AM on 06/01/2009
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playfully spits champagne in his face. how charming.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:19 PM on 05/31/2009
- fame I'm a Fan of fame 3 fans permalink

Can't stand him.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:52 PM on 05/31/2009
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I agree, he's a little snot.
I can't believe the differences between him and his brother. Clearly Harry was brought up poorly by his father and the other royals.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:18 PM on 05/31/2009
- chevyval I'm a Fan of chevyval 14 fans permalink

He seems to be doing much better than most people I know who lost
their mother's at a young age. He's a kid. Give him a break.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:38 PM on 05/31/2009
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Wills was 15 when his mother dies, while Harry was only 12. There is a lot of difference in those 2 1/2 years of a boy's life when it comes to maturity.

I'd also bet that Diana raised these two differently, with Wills being raised to be more independent. She knew she'd have to essentially give him up to the Throne sooner than she'd like. So Diana would have clung on to her younger son a little more tightly, thinking she could have him as her baby without much interference from the Crown even when he was older.

It had to be so hard on him growing up without a mother. I remember my heart breaking for him at that funeral.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:49 PM on 05/31/2009
- BikeFreak I'm a Fan of BikeFreak 30 fans permalink
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A little racist snot, at that.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:50 PM on 05/31/2009
- 2tango I'm a Fan of 2tango 21 fans permalink

Oh Folks before anything else...

England can NOT defeat the Argentinians in Polo for the Last 60 years, So there goes the spitting for huh?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:37 PM on 05/31/2009
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Ah yes, the curse of the Malvinas !

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:44 PM on 05/31/2009
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