Prince Harry's pal Nacho Figueras ³ô his heartwarming 'dream' for Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet - after losing to the Duke in ǯ¼¡¤Î Sentebale charity polo match

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Prince Harry's polo pal Nacho Figeueras has ³ôd his heartwarming 'dream' for Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

The father-of-four, 47, from Argentina, competed against the Duke of Sussex in the ²¦¼¼¤Î Salute Polo Challenge, which took place in Santa Barbara last Friday.

The ǯ¼¡¤Î event raises money for Sentebale, the charity ÀßΩ¤¹¤ëd by Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006 to support ¹¶·â¤ò¼õ¤±¤ä¤¹¤¤ young people in Southern Africa.?

¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ the match, which saw ²¦¼¼¤Î Salute Sentebale ¾¡Íø over the Grand »Ù»ý¤¹¤ë¡¿Í¥¾¡¼Ôs, Nacho opened up about his ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ë friendship with the Duke and his 'dream' for their families' ̤Íè.

In an interview with?Hello!, the polo player - who has known Prince Harry since 2007 - said he hopes that Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet Á곤¹¤ë their father's love of the sport.

When asked if he'd like Harry's children to play against his own, Nacho said: 'I really hope so, I hope that Archie and Lili get to love horses as much as he does.'

Nacho continued: 'I know my kids love it and they love to play. It would be a dream that one day we all get to play polo together.'

Nacho welcomed his first child with his?Argentinian photographer wife Delfina Blaquier in 2000.?The couple now has four children together: Hilario; Aurora; Artemo; and Alba.

What's more, Nacho also opened up about his ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ë ´Ø·¸ with the Duke and said they 'speak very often'.

¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ the Sentebale's team's ¾¡Íø¡¤¾¡¤Ä, Nacho ¾Þ»¿¤¹¤ëd his 'very good friend' Prince Harry on Instagram and labelled his?'¤«¤«¤ï¤ê¹ç¤¤ to making a difference' as 'truly ʳµ¯¤µ¤»¤ëing'.?

The father-of-four wrote: 'What an incredible day yesterday at the Grand »Ù»ý¤¹¤ë¡¿Í¥¾¡¼Ôs Polo Club, It was a day not just of sport, but of ½ÅÍ×¤Ê ÌÜŪ.'??

'I¡Çm so proud to have ³ôd this experience with my very good friend,?Prince Harry. We ¡Êµ¡¤Î¡Ë¥«¥à together to support Sentebale, a charity ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ë to our hearts that does remarkable work for children in Lesotho and Botswana.?

'It¡Çs always an ±ÉÍÀ¡Ê¤ò¼õ¤±¤ë¡Ë to ride ¤È°ì½ï¤Ë Prince Harry, whose ¤«¤«¤ï¤ê¹ç¤¤ to making a difference is truly ʳµ¯¤µ¤»¤ëing.

'Here¡Çs to more unforgettable moments and continuing to support the wonderful ¸¶°ø¡Ê¤È¤Ê¤ë¡Ës that ²þÁ±¤¹¤ë so many lives!?

Since 2006, celebrity polo matches around the world have raised about $15 million for the charity, organisers said.?

The pair have played polo ¤È°ì½ï¤Ë one another in ¤µ¤Þ¤¶¤Þ¤Ê matches over the years, and Nacho,?46, has become one of Harry and?Meghan's most À¼¤Î »Ù»ý¼Ôs, ¾Þ»¿¤¹¤ëing them in magazine interviews and during TV ³°¸«s.

The father-of-four?was also ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç a handful of the Duke and Duchess's closest confidantes who appeared in the couple's Netflix?ʸ½ñ¤Î series.

It has also been ¿ä¬¤¹¤ëd that Nacho and his glamorous wife Delfina could be Àµµ¬¤Î¡¿ÀµÁª¼ês in two Netflix series ͽÄê to be ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ëd by Harry and Meghan as part of their?$100 million (¡ò80 million) ¤ò¼è¤ê°ú¤­¤¹¤ë the streaming µðÂç¡Ê¤Ê¡Ë.

While Meghan's series is likely to ¾ÇÅÀ¡Ê¤ò¹ç¤ï¤»¤ë¡Ë on cooking and lifestyle, Harry will showcase his love of polo in another programme as part of the ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äê.

On Saturday,?the Duchess of Sussex was seen ²¹¤«¤¯ hugging Prince Harry's polo-playing pal?Nacho as her husband filmed scenes for his new Netflix?series in Palm Beach.?

The mother-of-two, 42, also went on to embrace Nacho's wife Delfina, who has affectionately ½Ò¤Ù¤ëd the Duchess as her 'sister' and 'polo wife' in the past.

The two women - who have (1)µ¶Â¤¤¹¤ë¡¿(2)½ù¡¹¤Ë¿Ê¤àd a strong friendship after ¡Ä¤Ë½ÐÀʤ¹¤ëing polo matches together to watch their spouses play - were seen walking away from their husbands with their Éð´ï wrapped around each other as filming got ¿Ê¹ÔÃæ¤Ç.?

Later in the day, Meghan was also seen affectionately ·Þ¤¨¤ë¡¿´¿·Þ¤¹¤ëing the couple's eight-year-old daughter Alba - giving her a kiss on the Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ë and a warm ÊúÍʤ¹¤ë.?

Meghan's daughter Lilibet appears to have (1)µ¶Â¤¤¹¤ë¡¿(2)½ù¡¹¤Ë¿Ê¤àd a ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ë friendship with Alba.

¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð Hello reporter Alexandra Hurtado, Alba was asking after her friend at the polo event on Friday.

The ²¦¼¼¤Î reporter wrote: '¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð Nacho, Alba ¼êÇÛÃæ¤Î¡¤¤ª¿Ò¤Í¼Ô to know why the Sussexes¡Ç daughter Lili wasn¡ Çt there.'

Alba's mother Delfina has even °ÊÁ° referred to the?Duchess of Sussex?as a 'sister' when Ê®½Ð¤¹¤ëing over the 'fellow polo-wife' in an Instagram ÃÏ°Ì¡¤Ç¤Ì¿¤¹¤ë in 2022.

She also ¾Þ»¿¤¹¤ëd the ²¦¼¼¤Î mother-of-two as ¸ºß 'stronger than she knows' in an interview with?Hello! magazine?in the same year.

In 2022, ¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ a glamorous polo ²ñ¹ç¡¤²ñ¤¦ in Aspen,?Colorado, Delfina said: '[Meghan] is so wonderful and strong. Stronger than she knows. I love ¸ºß around my friends, and I will always support her.'
Prince Harry's grandmother also had a life-long love of horses - after ¸ºß given a Shetland pony called Peggy at the age of four.
The late ·¯¼ç's racing ½õ¸À¼Ô John ²áÌ©¤Ê½»µï has °ÊÁ° said that the Queen was discussing her 'love of horses ¸¢Íø to the very end'.
Speaking in September 2022, Mr ²áÌ©¤Ê½»µï ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹d he spent the ½µËö before the Queen died in Scotland discussing her horses.
He È¿±Ç¤¹¤ëd: 'We sat there for hours over the ½µËö strategising and making ·×²è¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ës going º£¸å.
'And I think the nicest thing for me is to know that she was surrounded by her family members.?'She was in such a healthy ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øɽ¤¹¤ë of mind and in tremendous form. It's very important to know that she was ÀäÂÐ, wonderfully switched on.'