Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Of Royalty, Polo, and Champagne

























Courtesy of the Widow Veuve, polo returns to NYC on June 27 with a charity event sponsored by Veuve Clicquot champagne to benefit the American Friends of Sentebale, the US arm of a charity that Prince Harry of England founded to help underprivileged children in Lesotho.


Like his mother, the renegade redheaded prince is philanthropic and socially aware (except, umm... for those little hiccups where he forgets all lessons in World History and wears Nazi uniforms to fancy dress balls, or insults Pakistani comrades in arms with a derisive nickname related to their headgear).


Like his father, the Windsor spare plays polo.


I wish I could attend this event, and I do have a lovely pastel-colored suit and a large picture hat, so at least I can dress the part; but I think I'd need a charitable trust of my own to finance the excursion. However, as much as I write about royal scandals and scandalous royals, I'd be very tempted to root for Prince Harry's opponent, the Argentine heart-throb, polo player, and erstwhile Ralph Lauren model, Nacho Figueras.



Okay, ladies, which one would you choose to root for?

3 comments:

Dani said...

it would be hard to decide but i think my loyalty would win out and idroot for Harry

Leslie Carroll said...

It's a tough choice, isn't it, Dani?

Leah Marie Brown said...

It's a toss up.