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Jennifer Newton

Prince Harry thrown to ground as he falls off horse in post-Jubilee polo match

Prince Harry was spotted taking a tumble from his horse during a polo match - just a week after returning to California following the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Harry was turning out for his Los Padres polo team alongside pal Nacho Figueras at Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club yesterday.

And at one point during the game, Harry fell from his horse and was thrown to the ground in a heart-stopping moment.

But luckily both the prince and his horse were unscathed in the incident and he was quickly back in the saddle - although his side were on the receiving end of a 12-11 defeat.

Harry takes a tumble from his horse (GAC / MEGA)

It's not thought that wife Meghan Markle or their children Archie and Lilibet were at the match - although Harry was seen hanging out with his wife's friend, the singer Katharine McPhee and her husband, the record producer David Foster.

It was the second time that Harry has been seen out playing polo since he returned to the US following his trip back to the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

It is the second time Harry has been spotted playing polo since the Jubilee (JishPhoto/REX/Shutterstock)
Meghan and their children Archie and Lilibet were not at the match (JishPhoto/REX/Shutterstock)

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During their fleeting visit, Harry and Meghan, who were also accompanied by the their three-year-old son Archie, introduced the Queen to her namesake granddaughter Lilbet, one.

However, it has been reported that the family only spent 15 minutes with Harry grandmother the monarch while they were in the UK.

Despite the Queen meeting her namesake great-granddaughter for the first time, their meeting was kept "formal" by Buckingham Palace aides and lasted only a quarter of an hour.

Harry's team suffered a defeat (JishPhoto/REX/Shutterstock)
Harry returned to the US a week ago after the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London (JishPhoto/REX/Shutterstock)

A source told the Sun : "It was a quick in and out job. It was all quite formal".

The couple are rebuilding relationships after making a series of explosive allegations on royal life.

Buckingham Palace has declined to comment on the claim.

Also while they were in the UK, Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, threw Lilibet a garden party at Frogmore Cottage to mark her turning one.

The Sussexes shared a picture of the little girl smiling during the birthday picnic in a pale blue frock with a blow in her hair.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended the National Service of Thanksgiving during the Platinum Jubilee (Getty Images)

The following day, the couple flew back to their home in the US last Sunday an hour before senior royals appeared at the Platinum Jubilee pageant.

Harry and Meghan made one public appearance during the four-days, at the service of thanksgiving for the Queen at St Paul's Cathedral.

They were also pictured watching Trooping the Colour from a window at Horse Guards Parade, but were not part of the carriage procession or permitted onto the Buckingham Palace balcony after with working royals.

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