Prince Harry falls off horse during polo match after UK trip

Prince Harry has taken a dramatic tumble from his horse during a polo match in Santa Barbara, one week after returning from the UK.

Prince Harry took a tumble off his horse during a polo match in California on Friday – less than a week after he returned to the US from his grandmother the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Photographs captured the Duke of Sussex, 37, thrown to the ground after he fell at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club and other polo players rushing over to help him, New York Post reports.

But the royal quickly regained his composure, brushed himself off and mounted another horse to finish the game, the UK’s Metro reported.

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Prince Harry’s horse tumbled during the match. Picture: GAC/MEGA

His wife Meghan Markle was not at the match.

The Prince’s team Los Padres lost the game, during which witnesses said Harry went through three horses, the Independent reported.

The royal was thrown to the ground. Picture: GAC/MEGA

He quickly got back up and continued the match. Picture: GAC/MEGA

The Duke’s tumble occurred less than a week after the couple returned from their first official visit back to the UK since stepping down as senior royals in 2020.

The couple was booed during their only official appearance during the trip.

Meghan and Harry at the National Service of Thanksgiving in London during the Jubilee celebrations. Picture: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

Harry looked downbeat as he was photographed arriving back to his new home in California’s Santa Barbara on June 5.

The family had left England by private jet before the Queen made her final appearance at the celebrations marking her historic 70-year reign.

During his brief trip, Harry and Meghan were kept mostly behind the scenes, only making an official appearance at St Paul’s Cathedral – where they were notably kept separate from senior royals, including Harry’s once-close brother, William.

The couple’s children, Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1, were not seen in public at all.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission