Prince Harry and Meghan Markle suffer huge blow after new Netflix project released

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle released their new docuseries Polo through streaming platform Netflix last week, but it has since attracted some negative reviews

A number of viewers have shared that they were not impressed with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s latest docuseries for Netflix following its release just last week.

Polo promises to be a “rousing docuseries” going behind-the-scenes of the sport. The streaming platform teases that the project, which was released on December 10, offers an “unprecedented look” into the lives of polo players.

Prince Harry, 40, and Meghan, 43, are executive producers on the show, which comes from their production company Archewell Productions. They only briefly appear in the series, which centres on the US Open Polo Championship.

Following the release of the five-part docuseries, some viewers have shared their thoughts on review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. At the time of writing there are 85 audience reviews, with just a handful of critic reviews.

Polo currently has an 25 per cent average score on the site’s Popcornmeter, which indicates the percentage of audience reviews that have been rated positively. It means that only an average of 25 per cent of audience reviews gave the show a rating of 3.5 stars or higher on the platform.

It has been suggested by some reviewers that the new docuseries was “boring” and that those who featured in it were unrelatable. One person said on Rotten Tomatoes that they turned the show off after about 10 minutes.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Australia in 2018.
Prince Harry (right) and Meghan Markle (left) have been met with some negative reviews over their new Netflix docuseries Polo 
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One review reads: “Just absolutely awful. Animal abuse now considered a sport only for the elite of course. Like who honestly find polo interesting? This is one of the worst documentaries Netflix has come out with. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are truly disgusting and their elite film is total rubbish.”

Another reviewer wrote: “I was keen to watch this series but after about 10 minutes I had to wonder what on earth this show was about. […] I turned off after about 10 minutes because it was dreadfully boring with nobody I could relate to or be remotely interested in. Pretty dreadful all round I’m afraid.”

Sharing their thoughts, one person wrote in their review: “Candyfloss content. This is just boring and I feel sorry for ponies. The people featured are rich and egotistical. This is nothing, I would think, that most people can relate to.”

There were some positive reviews though, with one fan writing: “I watched the entire series and found it captivating!” Whilst another said: “Really enjoyed this. Not familiar with polo particularly and thought this was very well done.”

Polo is the latest project released by Netflix in collaboration with Prince Harry and Meghan. Previous projects on the streaming platform included the docuseries Harry & Meghan, with the six-part show released back in 2022.

 

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