Prince Harry in US for charity polo match
Prince Harry volition accept occupation inward an invitation-only polo match in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Wednesday, to heighten funds for his charity.
The Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup is sponsored past times Sentebale, the Prince’s charity for underprivileged children inward Lesotho.
On the Sentebale squad alongside Prince Harry is transcend amateur musician Marc Ganzi, Audi squad captain in addition to 2009 States of America Open champion; Solaia Capital CEO in addition to polo patron Michael Carrazza; in addition to squad captain, Royal Salute Ambassador Malcolm Borwick, a regular on the England national team.
The Sentebale Land Rover squad volition play the St. Regis polo team, captained past times Sentebale’s newly-appointed ambassador, Nacho Figueras, regarded every bit the facial expression upwards of polo.
Figueras volition move joined past times teammates Peter Orthwein, primary executive of Thor Industries in addition to founding fellow member of the Greenwich Polo Club; Steve Lefkowitz in addition to Dawn Jones, married adult woman of histrion Tommy Lee Jones in addition to transcend woman’s musician inward the WCT.
Sentebale was founded past times Prince Harry in addition to Prince Seeiso of the Kingdom of Lesotho Royal menage unit of measurement inward 2006 inward retention of their mothers to assistance ease the plight of the neediest in addition to most vulnerable of Lesotho’s children, many of them the victims of poverty in addition to Lesotho’s HIV/AIDs epidemic.
It is the 3rd twelvemonth Royal Salute has partnered alongside the charity. The UK hosted the annual flagship fundraising upshot inward 2011 in addition to Brazil hosted inward 2012.
The polo champaign is a Blue Planet away from the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan state of war zone where the British Army captain late served twenty weeks inward an laid on helicopter.
Prince Harry opened his weeklong States of America see devoted to the wounded victims of state of war inward Washington, DC, on Th inward the halls of Congress at an exhibition near province mines, a crusade dearest to his belatedly mother, Princess Diana.
One of the USA’s most heroic wounded warriors, Republican Senator John McCain, escorted Prince Harry during the tour.
On Fri the Prince visited Arlington National Cemetary in addition to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier flight to Colorado Springs for the May 11-16 Warrior Games where he volition pass Sabbatum watching to a greater extent than than 200 American in addition to British veterans wounded or injured inward service compete inward diverse sports.
Prince Harry volition every bit good see parts of New Bailiwick of Jersey damaged past times Superstorm Sandy in addition to halt for events inward New York City earlier ending his see Midweek on the polo field.
The Greenwich Polo Club volition host the charity polo jibe to move played later a sit-down lunch. Unlike Prince Harry’s 2010 see to Governors Island for the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic that attracted 8000 spectators, exclusively 400 guests direct maintain been invited.
“We direct maintain gotten calls to move a flag boy,” Peter Brant told the New York Times. Brant, a prominent homo of affairs in addition to fine art collector, is the founder of the social club in addition to avid polo player. His powerhouse White Birch squad was a fixture on the Wellington polo scene. “I don’t mean value anyone sees Prince Harry all the fourth dimension on the social circuit.”
It has been a busy flavor for Ganzi, who late completed the high finish flavor alongside Audi in addition to straightaway is inward the midst of the jump flavor at his family’s Grand Champions Polo Club inward Wellington.
On July 28, Ganzi volition rub elbows alongside a few to a greater extent than members of the Royal Family when he heads the States of America squad against England for the coveted Westchester Cup at Guards Polo Club inward Windsor Great Park. The concluding fourth dimension the ii teams met inward the UK inward 1997, England won, 12-9. At the International Polo Club Palm Beach inward 2009, when the Cup was concluding played, England won, 10-9.
Ganzi, CEO in addition to founder of Global Tower Partners, in addition to his polo teams direct maintain won every major 20- in addition to 26-goal polo tournament including the States of America Open, CV Whitney Cup in addition to Piaget Gold Cup. This past times Nov at Grand Champions, Ganzi’s Team USA defeated England, 8.5-6, inward the International Cup.
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