Back on his high horse! Meghan Markle cheers Prince Harry on as he loses polo semi-final in Santa Barbara.

 

Meghan Markle was cheering her husband on from the sidelines of the polo discipline on Friday, as Prince Harry's crew battled in useless for a area in their league final.

Casually dressed in a denim shirt and shorts, with flat Grecian-style leather sandals, the Duchess of Sussex watched the healthy intently.

She seemed animated as she followed the game, lemonade in hand.

The prince, 37, joined the Los Padres polo team in May underneath the identify Harry Wales, and has spent the ultimate few weeks playing alongside his teammates.

The team, which competes in the Pacific Coast Circuit Inter-Circuit Cup, was established by way of Nacho Figueras, 45, an Argentine polo expert and model, and longtime buddy of the prince.

It got here as pals revealed closing night how Prince William is nonetheless at 'rock bottom' over the fractured bond with his brother.

Figueras, who has a handicap of 5 - out of a maximum of 10 - is the most skilled participant in the team.

Harry's handicap is one.

The pair are accompanied by way of two 16-year-olds, Keko Magrini, on a handicap of four, and Juan Guerrero, a two-goal player.

Meghan, 40, was cheering on the chukkas from the sidelines, besides Figueras's wife Delfina Blaquier.

During intervals, she and Harry sat together beneath an awning.

She used to be additionally viewed hugging Figueras.

Harry's team used to be playing in the semi-final, in opposition to the Folded Hills team.

They were hoping to win via to Sunday's final, but finally misplaced the match.

Meanwhile, pals of William lifted the lid on the brothers' relationship, which has been put underneath stress in current years.

'He alternates between grieving for what he has misplaced and feeling really, surely irritated about what his brother has done,' stated one.

'He really loves Harry and feels he has lost the solely person, apart from his wife, who understood this odd existence of theirs.

'But he believes there are things you simply do not do. And Harry has one hundred per cent crossed that line.'

In a new series for the Daily Mail — beforehand of Prince William's landmark birthday on Tuesday — impeccable sources within his circle, some on the record, some on situation of anonymity, have published what makes him tick.

The end result is illuminating, encouraging — and, at times, laugh-out-loud funny.

Yet his strained relationship with his brother does, inevitably, come heavily into play.

Asked whether or not they thought William would ever repair his bond with Harry, one friend says: 'That's a difficult query to answer. The reality is they have got to locate some frequent ground again.

'But to do that each have to admit fault — and it is tremendously apparent that one of them is surely refusing to do that.

'William is also very principled and believes Harry has crossed a line. He's thrown accusation after accusation, understanding that silence is the family's solely choice because it does not favor to get dragged into a public slanging match.

'He sees how upset his father has been by way of it all, and it hurts.

'William is in reality allergic to drama, but Harry has ensured that the family laundry is being aired on a international scale.

'I think they will locate themselves in a better function in the future, but not now. And too much water has long past below the bridge for matters to ever go again to the way they were.

'Truthfully, William thinks Harry has been sucked into an alien world and there is f*** all he can do about it. But he does favor Harry to be happy, and if he stops throwing dirt in their faces, then possibly he will discover a way to forgive and forget.'

Another supply is greater conciliatory. 'He's truly constantly been very protecting of Harry and has a very low tolerance of people being disrespectful about him, even now. I suppose he'll maintain the door open to him for ever,' they insist.

'In some ways, it's no longer like any of this was a surprise. Harry continually had concerns about life within the Royal Family.

'And in hindsight the stress that was once put on him and William, living and working collectively as some type of dynamic duo, positioned a large pressure on their relationship. They had no room to breathe. But Meghan intricate it.

'Harry had to pick a facet — and there used to be only one facet he was ever going to choose.

'But I additionally discover it impossible to agree with there is something these two brothers ought to say about each different that ability they will by no means locate a way to restore things.

'They were too close and have been via too a lot collectively for that to happen.'

Tags: Queen, Prince Charles, Camilla, Prince Louis, Prince William and Kate Middleton, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Meghan

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