The new documentary POLO hit Netflix on December 8th as part of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s lucrative Netflix deal. Despite the royal family’s long history with the sport, the OTT title takes a new direction by featuring the Duke of Sussex exclusively lead the “behind-the-scenes look at the fast-paced and glamorous world of Polo” via Hindustan Times.
Those familiar with Prince Harry and Prince William’s olden polo connection would especially feel the Prince of Wales-shaped void. Royal experts are not mincing their words; they are sharing their two cents.
Andrew Pierce on GB News was vehemently against William’s erasure from the docuseries. “There’s a big gap in this because of course, polo is the favourite sport of Prince William and he isn’t appearing in the documentary because he’s not speaking to his brother,” he said.
Delving deeper into the British royalty’s history with the sport, he added, “ mean, you can’t do a polo documentary, frankly about Prince Harry if you don’t include the British royal family in it because they’ve been playing polo for decades.”
Sarah Louise Robertson also underlined that the future king’s absence in the Netflix title almost felt like “Harry’s just erased how he got into the game in this.”
With the focus more on his US-driven approach to playing polo and “when he plays for the charity over in Africa,” Louise Roberts argued, “It’s like he’s just eliminated that history.”
In another report, brand expert Nick Ede dissected the Sussexes’ new narrative control over the Netflix project, suggesting that it may as well be the ultimate deciding factor that drags their parade down for worse.
Williams’ pronounced absence is felt more than anything, it’s not like the Sussex couple themselves take over the five-part series’ entire runtime. Even their screen time is heavily subdued, with the spotlight on players like Nacho Figueras and Adolfo Cambiaso. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are more active in their roles as executive producers.
