Prince Harry’s old polo-playing pal has revealed why he thinks the royal would never return to the UK on a full-time basis with a brutal five-word verdict.
Tommy Severn, the captain of Polo England, has played with both Prince William and Harry in the past.
The royal brothers were once so close to Severn’s family that they kept their ponies at the polo stud owned by his grandfather, Christopher Hanbury in Gloucestershire, according to MailOnline. Harry also reportedly spent his gap year at the family’s ranch in Argentina.
When asked if Harry would return to the UK, Severn told outlet: “He’d look like an idiot”. When also questioned why Harry failed to mention his formative years in polo with Severn and his family in his new Netflix show, he replied: “I’ve no idea!”
Harry’s old polo-playing pal also joined the chorus of critics for the Duke of Sus𝑠e𝑥’s Netflix show about the elite sport, branding the series “very weird”.
Severn was also confused by how little Harry appears in the series, saying: “It seemed to be more about Timmy and Tim Dutta than the Prince, who doesn’t appear until near the end.”
It comes as the five-part show ‘Polo’ failed to make the top 10 list in Britain, America or globally.
The Duke and Duchess of Sus𝑠e𝑥 were listed as executive producers on the five-part series that dropped on the streaming giant December 10. Despite not reaching the top 10 list, the series has garnered mixed reviews from fans, but Harry appears only a handful of times over the five episodes.
Jane Fryer’s review for the Daily Mail called the show “plodding” and “boring”, while The Guardian described it as an “unintentionally hilarious profile of the world’s stupidest sport”.
Harry and Meghan’s on screen involvement is confined to a charity polo tournament, the Royal Salute Polo Challenge in Wellington, Florida, which raised money for the Duke of Sus𝑠e𝑥es’s charity Sentebale.
Netflix describes the show as a “rousing docuseries goes behind the scenes of professional polo, offering an unprecedented look into the players’ lives on and off the field.”
This marks the latest in a series of streaming projects pursued by Harry and Meghan despite inking a contract worth £80million.
Prince Harry and his wife signed with the streaming giant Netflix in September 2020 when they were rising stars, newly living their post-royal lives in the USA.
It took them two more years to debut their first project, titled ‘Harry & Meghan’, which revisited the royal bombshells they first dropped during their Oprah Winfrey interview in 2021.
Prince Harry and Meghan’s Netflix deal is expected to wind down next year, with no news of whether a contract will be renewed, but a lifestyle show from Meghan is still in the pipeline.
The streaming giant previously said Meghan’s upcoming series “celebrates the joys of cooking, gardening, entertaining, and friendship.”