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Prince Harry’s new Netflix docuseries on his favourite sport has not been well-received by critics and viewers.
But if he had expected to get some support from his old polo mates about Polo, think again.
Tommy Severn, the captain of Polo England who has played with Prince Harry and his big brother Prince William, admitted he found the show “very weird.”
Severn told the Daily Mail that he was surprised by how little Harry appears in the series.
“It seemed to be more about Timmy and Tim Dutta than the prince, who doesn’t appear until near the end.”
Timmy, 23, plays for a U.S. team bankrolled by his father, according to the Mail.
Harry spent his gap year at Severn’s family ranch in Argentina, and he and William kept their ponies at the polo stud owned by Severn’s grandfather, Christopher Hanbury, in Gloucestershire.
Severn said he has “no idea” why Harry’s formative years in the sport with his family wasn’t mentioned in the series.
“I think Harry’s cut ties so if he came back now, he’d look like an idiot,” the polo player, rumoured to be dating former Love Island star Gemma Owen, said.
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But Severn didn’t count out a return by Harry at some point.
“William might help him because they were close — that’s the brothers bond.’
The five-episode series follows elite global players as they gear up for the U.S. Open Polo Championship, and gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at “the fast-paced and glamorous world of polo, following elite global players, according to Netflix.
Perhaps the reason Polo has yet to crack the Top 10 is that Harry only appears a few times.
The next project on the streaming giant from Harry and wife Meghan Markle’s Archewell Productions is a “cooking, gardening and entertaining” lifestyle show from the former Suits star.
It was reported, however, that the series could be in danger due to Polo flopping.
The unnamed series is set to debut in “early 2025.”