Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s tortured attempts to launch a successful Stateside endeavor continued this week with a new five-part docuse...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s tortured attempts to launch a successful Stateside endeavor continued this week with a new five-part docuseries about polo on Netflix.
It’s called Polo, and while you might think a sport involving horses, fancy hats, and fan-cammable athletes would do well with viewers, Polo is already getting horrific reviews. Seems like this one is bound for the same fate as Markle’s beleaguered jam company.
Personally, I haven’t felt compelled to watch Polo, but according to critics, it is “tedious,” “mostly boring,” and “destined to fall through the submenus into obscurity at the speed of light.” Yikes. “It’s clattering and niche,” one ticked-off guy at The Guardian wrote, “and feels like a spoof documentary designed to play on screens in the background of episodes of Succession.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are in dire need of a "win" to boost their waning popularity, according to an expert. Post-royal life has seen the couple's lucrative Spotify deal terminated and only one successful project with Netflix, their 2022 docuseries.
Recently, Harry has been zealously promoting his philanthropic work, attending events around the globe without Meghan.
Meanwhile, fans are on tenterhooks for the full debut of Meghan's lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, though she did grace a Los Angeles charity event for a children's hospital with her presence over the weekend.
The Sun's royal editor Matt Wilkinson weighed in on the Sussexes' situation during a chat on the Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered YouTube channel, saying: "They do need a success. They'll sit down and point to Colombia and Nigeria [the royal-style tours] as a success."
He added, "They've still got Invictus to come next year. I can't call it a flop era but they possibly do need a win. Harry will point to legal cases he's launched against newspapers in the UK, he has had success in the courts. Once you put it like that and you think about it maybe they are in a flop era," reports the Mirror.
Harry's recent solo engagements, including his attendance at the WellChild Awards in the UK and his work with his charity Sentebale in South Africa, have led some to speculate that he is returning to his old Royal ways.
Observers have noted that Harry seems more confident when alone than during recent US appearances with Meghan. However, BBC Royal correspondent Jennie Bond thinks it's a matter of familiarity for the prince.
Expanding on her thoughts, Jennie suggested that it's not about whether Harry is behaving like a celebrity or a royal, but rather about being in an environment he's more familiar with.
She added: "I don't think it's got anything to do with being royal or not royal. It's simply a question of an environment you are more used to. Maybe we should stop analyzing every gesture and every tie stroke and just appreciate that he is a man trying to use his position to do some good in the world."
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