This week, Prince Harry was spotted in Santa Barbara, spectating a polo game. The Duchess of Sussex was not with him, neither were his kids, but you can see the photos here. Harry was sitting barefoot on a blanket on the ground, and that looks like Delfina Blaquier in an outdoor chair a few feet away. It would make sense if it was Delfina, because Nacho Figueras and Delfina’s son Artemio was one of the polo players on the field. This was Harry watching his surrogate nephew/godson play one of Harry’s favorite sports. The Daily Mail had a normal one about the photos, obvs:
Prince Harry kept a low profile as he stepped out without wife Meghan Markle. The 41-year-old appeared solo on the sidelines of a polo match in Montecito, California, to watch close friend Nacho Figueras’s son Artemio compete. Harry kept it casual in a pair of charcoal shorts and black polo shirt emblazoned with the number three.
He hid behind a baseball cap and sunglasses but went barefoot as he perched delicately on the ground to watch the action without his wife, 44, or their kids – Archie, seven, and Lilibet, four.
The event saw Artemio win a prize for having the best polo pony even though his team were defeated out on the field. The Duke of Sussex and Argentine polo player Figueras have been friends since 2007. The pair has played polo alongside one another in various matches over the years, and Figueras has become one of the Sussexes’ most vocal supporters.
The model – dubbed the ‘David Beckham of Polo’ – witnessed the early days of Harry and Meghan’s romance and was later a guest at their wedding. In September 2019, father-of-four Figueras appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’ show to announce that he would ‘defend his friends’ with his life.
“…Went barefoot as he perched delicately on the ground…” Perched delicately?? They’re mad that Harry is barefoot, sitting on the ground and that he was just relaxing and watching some polo as an uncle-type figure. They’re like: why isn’t he wearing a suit and counting this as a royal event?? In other photos, you can see that Nacho was there too, and it looked like Nacho was more focused on coaching his son or his son’s team. Let me look up Artemio’s age… little dude was born in 2010??? He’s only 15/16??? It looks like the whole Blaquier-Figueras family was in Montecito too, I wonder if they stayed with the Sussexes. Were they also in town to celebrate Lili’s birthday, which is today??
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- Santa Barbara, CA – Prince Harry plays his last polo game in Santa Barbara before heading to London with his family to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. Harry’s side Los Padres won the Lisle Nixon Memorial Final event in “sudden death” extra time 15-14 against Mokarow Farms on Sunday (May 29). Harry’s Argentinian friend and teammate Nacho Figueras scored the winning point. There was no sign at the game of Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle. Harry was named as “H. Wales” on the scoreboard. Pictured: Prince Harry BACKGRID USA 29 MAY 2022 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Santa Barbara, CA – Prince Harry plays his last polo game in Santa Barbara before heading to London with his family to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. Harry’s side Los Padres won the Lisle Nixon Memorial Final event in “sudden death” extra time 15-14 against Mokarow Farms on Sunday (May 29). Harry’s Argentinian friend and teammate Nacho Figueras scored the winning point. There was no sign at the game of Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle. Harry was named as “H. Wales” on the scoreboard. Pictured: Prince Harry BACKGRID USA 29 MAY 2022 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Santa Barbara, CA – Prince Harry plays his last polo game in Santa Barbara before heading to London with his family to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. Harry’s side Los Padres won the Lisle Nixon Memorial Final event in “sudden death” extra time 15-14 against Mokarow Farms on Sunday (May 29). Harry’s Argentinian friend and teammate Nacho Figueras scored the winning point. There was no sign at the game of Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle. Harry was named as “H. Wales” on the scoreboard. Pictured: Prince Harry BACKGRID USA 29 MAY 2022 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Santa Barbara, CA – Meghan Markle consoles Prince Harry by putting her hand on his knee after his Los Padres polo team lost a semi-final game against Folded Hills at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club on Friday (June 17). Meghan also hugged Harry’s teammate and pal, Nacho Figueras. The prince was also hugged by Nacho’s wife, Delfina Blaquier. Harry’s side was vying for a place in Sunday’s Chaval Athletics USPA IntraCircuit Final. Pictured: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry BACKGRID USA 17 JUNE 2022 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Aspen, CO Prince Harry was seen in Aspen with injured hands after taking part in the polo finals against his longtime friend Nacho Figueras, showing his determination and competitive spirit despite the tough match. Pictured: Prince Harry BACKGRID USA 18 DECEMBER 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Aspen, CO Prince Harry loses the Polo finals championship against his best friend, Nacho Figueras Pictured: Prince Harry, Nacho Figueras BACKGRID USA 18 DECEMBER 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- The Duke of Sussex at a polo match during the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup at the Aspen Valley Polo Club in Carbondale, Colorado in the United States. Featuring: Grant Ganzi, Nacho Figueras, Prince Harry, Steve Cox Where: Carbondale, Colorado, United States When: 25 Aug 2022 Credit: Kirsty O’Connor/PA Images/INSTAR/Cover Images **North America Rights Only**
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- Royal Salute Polo Challenge, to benefit Sentebale, at the USPA National Polo Center. Featuring: Nacho Figueras, Prince Harry Where: Wellington, Florida, United States When: 12 Apr 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Royal Salute Polo Challenge, to benefit Sentebale, at the USPA National Polo Center. Featuring: Nacho Figueras, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Where: Wellington, Florida, United States When: 12 Apr 2024 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Harry always looks comfortable barefoot.
Unlike the Bully Who Would Be King, who is barefoot in many photos and yet somehow manages every time to look like his feet have never been exposed to air before.
Hey, maybe BullyIdle refuses to ever really go barefoot, and the pics are all Photoshop! 😂
I hope Harry and his friends had a great time together.
We are a bunch of heathens in the US, aren’t we? Running around barefoot. I tell you, if I ever go to Salty Island and I see any bare feet in public, I will lose my mind!
I used to go barefoot all the time. But I’m diabetic and have developed issues with my feet these days. So no more flip flops..crocs or birkenstocks. Nothing really other that new balance shoes. I miss those days but I’d rather keep all my toes.
I see how they DISRESPECT Meghan by using Markle as her last name too🙄
Yep!
Well 2 can play at that game….
Lazy Waity Katie can just be called Middlebum from now on.
It’s so bizarre the way they act like Harry and Meghan must attend every thing together whenever they leave the house. It’s ok to do things separately as a couple. They are so desperate to make it seem like a grown man leaving the house by himself means his next stop was a divorce attorney.
And why would they bring the kids to a place where they know there will be a bunch of long range and paparazzi photos? They are so angry they can’t splash those kids faces over the cover of their newspapers.
They don’t say that WanK are getting divorced when they do things separately..make it make sense?
Love it. Show us the dawgs, Harry – LOL!
I just love that Harry’s living his life the way he wants to.
So, Harry “hid behind a baseball hat,” heh? And all these years, I always thought that people were just “wearing” baseball hats. Who knew? They always feel the need to place some nefarious meaning behind the most innocuous Sussex action, even wearing a hat, unbelievable.
On the other hand, may God continue to bless whoever designed those polo uniforms. Lord.
Nacho is one hell of a snack, isn’t he?
I saw pictures of Nacho Figueras, and he too was also barefooted at some point.
He’s still friends with that Trumper?
HuffnPuff, I was in London one August and it was freezing. I don’t think they ever have the weather for bare feet. Also, they are far too stuffy and inhibited to go barefoot. It is simply not English.