Last month we learned the sad news that Princes William and Harry of Wales lost a beloved pony after it suffered a fatal heart attack during a polo match … but this weekend, Wills was back up on another horse as he participated in another polo match to raise funds for his favorite charities. [...]
Last month we learned the sad news that Princes William and Harry of Wales lost a beloved pony after it suffered a fatal heart attack during a polo match … but this weekend, Wills was back up on another horse as he participated in another polo match to raise funds for his favorite charities. Here are photos of Prince Wills (who really seems to be thinning out a lot on top) at this weekend’s polo match:
The prince, a keen player, helped his team Umbogo beat Cirencester Park four to three-and-half. Several hundred spectators watched the Prince, 27, play an “excellent” game at the Cirencester Park polo club, Glos., on Sunday. Organisers said the teams helped raise an undisclosed amount of money for two of his charities, Centrepoint and Mountain Rescue, which he is patrons of. “He did very well,” the game’s umpire Jason Dixon, the former England polo captain told The Daily Telegraph. “He was very reliable, very effective and very accurate. I believe he enjoyed it. He won it and it was a very fast and fair game. “We only blew the whistle four times, which is incredible.” Organisers said Kate Middleton, his 28 year-old girlfriend, did not attend the game after speculation the pair would announce their engagement last week fizzled. Prince William was earlier photographed arriving at the game wearing his spectacles while driving his Audi A5. The game comes after Prince Harry’s favourite pony, Drizzle, last month collapsed and died of a heart attack after he had been riding the animal at a charity polo match at Coworth Park in Ascot, Berkshire. The prince was said to be “very upset” at the death of the 10-year-old brown and white mare that was also ridden by Prince William and the Prince of Wales. Drizzle was one of a number of polo ponies stabled close to the Prince of Wales’s Highgrove estate near Tetbury in Glos.
Well, it’s a good sign that Wills isn’t letting the sad death of his horse deter him from playing one of his favorite sports. The fact that he participated and helped raise so much money for his fave charities makes this story all the sweeter. I just love it when the rich and famous do whatever they can to lend a helping hand to the less fortunate, don’t you?
[Photo credit: Splash News; Source]
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