Prince Harry and Nacho Figueras' bromance continues! Duke puts on another brotherly 陳列する，発揮する with polo player during Florida visit after Argentinian 公約するd to 'defend the Sussexes with his life'

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Prince Harry may have been 反目，不和ing with Prince William over the last few years - but there is one の近くに friend who appears to have filled the 穴を開ける his brother left in his life.?

Ignacio 'Nacho' Figueras, 47, from Argentina, was one of the first people to 会合，会う the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's son Archie in 2019 and has become a 声の 支持者 of the 王室の couple in 最近の years.

The father-of-four plays polo with Prince Harry every year during his 年次の Sentebale match and has 以前 said he would 'defend his friends' with his life during an 外見 on The?Ellen Degeneres Show in September 2019.

On Friday, Nacho and Harry looked as chummy as ever at the Duke's 年次の charity polo match, which took place at?the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club this year.

Prince Harry and Nacho also appeared 深い in conversation in Palm Beach yesterday while filming scenes for the Duke's upco ming polo Netflix series.?

Pictured: Prince Harry and polo player Nacho Figueras …に出席する the?王室の Salute Polo Challenge to 利益 Sentebale

Here FEMAIL takes a look 支援する over Prince Harry and Nacho's 'brotherly' friendship over the past two １０年間s.?

While they may appear to come from different worlds, it is their 株d love of polo which has pulled them into a の近くに friendship.?

Speaking to?Hello! に引き続いて their most 最近の match, Nacho said of his の近くに friend: 'It was always Harry’s dream and passion to 株 with the world, what it takes to be a really 競争の激しい polo player and show polo at the highest level.

'I cannot think of many people that can be better than him to be the kickoff of this storytelling.'?

The pair travelled to Tokyo together in August 2023 as part of their 現在進行中の work with Sentebale and playfully 提起する／ポーズをとるd for a photo wearing aviator sunglasses. Nacho captioned the Instagram 地位，任命する: 'Shopping for our wives!'?

Harry and Nacho have long enjoyed a playful 関係 - and the Duke was pictured playfully spitting a mouthful of シャンペン酒 at the polo player に引き続いて a charity polo match in the noughties.?

Nacho - who has been dubbed the 'David Beckham of Polo' - was also の中で a handful of the Duke and Duchess's closest confidantes who appeared in the couple's Netflix?文書の in 2022.

As a result, it has been 推測するd that Nacho and his glamorous wife Delfina Blaquier could be 正規の／正選手s in two Netflix series 予定 to be 開始する，打ち上げるd by Harry and Meghan as part of their?$100 million (£80 million) を取り引きする the streaming 巨大（な）.?

Pictured: The Duke of Sussex and polo player Nacho Figueras after the Sentebale charity match in 2022

While visiting Tokyo with Prince Harry in August, the pair 提起する／ポーズをとるd for this playful photo - with Nacho captioning it on Instagram: 'Shopping for our wives'

支払う／賃金ing 尊敬の印 to Harry on Instagram, Nacho 以前 wrote: 'I have been fortunate enough to spend enough time over the years to learn and understand the man he really is, a 肉親，親類d, generous, compassionate person… it is truly 奮起させるing.?

'I am honoured to be your friend and let’s keep fighting because if we all fight together love always 勝利，勝つs.'?

In September 2019, Nacho - who 証言，証人／目撃するd the 早期に days of the couple's romance and was later a guest at their wedding - appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' show to 発表する that he would 'defend his friends' with his life.?

The millionaire later told Town and Country magazine: 'What I like the most about [Harry] is how real he is and how serious he is about 改善するing life for kids that have not had the blessings that we've had.'?

He also?述べるd Meghan as 'incredible' and 賞賛するd the former actress for 'giving up everything for the man she loves' in the Sussexes' Netflix 文書の.

During the Harry & Meghan docuseries, Nacho also 明らかにする／漏らすd how the prince confided in him after 株ing a first date with Meghan.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex seen with polo player Nacho Figueras during a 最近の Sentebale polo match

Pictured: Prince Harry seen walking with his polo チーム仲間 Nacho Figueras during the shoot yesterday

He 述べるd how him and his wife, Delfina Blaquier, went for dinner with Harry すぐに after the prince met his 未来 wife in 2017.

Nacho said: 'He looked at us and said ''guys, I met a girl, we've just met but I think this might be the one''. You could tell 権利 away that those 注目する，もくろむs were those of someone who'd fallen in love.'

Born and raised in Buenos 空気／公表するs, Argentina, Nacho started playing the game at the 熟した age of nine years old after his father introduced him to the sport.?

He became a professional polo player by the time he was just 17. After a stint in Europe, he ended up at the White Birch Polo Team based in Bridgehampton, New York.

述べるd by Tatler as 'the David Beckham of Polo' he now 持つ／拘留するs a 6-goal 障害（者） and an 概算の 逮捕する 価値（がある） of $30 million and has been modelling for Ralph Lauren since 2000.?

But modelling was never the goal for the 競技者, who began his career just to earn some extra cash and bring more attention to his beloved sport.?

His career took off when he was approached by photographer Bruce Weber at a party in The Hamptons hosted by Calvin Klein's ex-wife Kelly, who encouraged him to get his start in modelling.

得点する／非難する／２０! Nacho congratulates Prince Harry after 得点する／非難する／２０ing during the Sentebale Handa Polo Cup charity match in Rome; pictured May 2019

Nacho?has played polo と一緒に Prince Harry, 39, in さまざまな matches over the years, …に出席するd the 王室の wedding and was の中で the first to 会合，会う his son Archie in 2019 (left, in 2019, and 権利 2021)?

Prince Harry seen playfully spitting シャンペン酒 in Nacho's direction at the Sentebale charity polo match before the Duke met Meghan

While that avenue of his career has introduced his objectively handsome 直面する into everyday homes 経由で glossy fashion magazines and television 商業のs, the game of polo has always been his true passion.?

He and Harry?have been playing と一緒に each other in charity matches for the past １０年間, 最終的に moving them to becoming の近くに friends.

Both Prince Harry and Nacho 定期的に play in Sentebale's charity matches to raise 基金s for Sentebale, an organisation co-設立するd by Prince Harry that supports children and young people 影響する／感情d by HIV in southern Africa.

Charity is another ありふれた 利益／興味 for Nacho and the Duke, with the polo player 活発に 賞賛するing the 王室の over the years for his work.

The two men have 社債d over their love for polo, their life as fathers and their 現在進行中の charity work (pictured, in 217 in Singapore)?

Nacho has been to Lesotho with Prince Harry three times, most recently 開始 the Mamohato Centre together in 2015.

He said the charity, of which he is an 外交官／大使, remained 'incredibly の近くに to our hearts'.

He also 明らかにする／漏らすd that Prince Harry was 'the first one to wake up' during their trips to Lesotho, and was always up to date with the goings-on.

Nacho said that the Duke would often point out things which should be 直す／買収する，八百長をするd, 同様に as asking for updates on 器具／備品.?

Along with forming a special friendship with Prince Harry, the game of polo also brought him to his wife Delfina Blaquier, the daughter of an Argentinian polo player.

The pair first met, fittingly, at a polo match in Buenos 空気／公表するs in 1997. They started dating in 早期に 1998 and welcomed their first son in 2000, and 結婚する in December 2005.

The couple now has four children together: Hilario; Aurora; Artemo; and Alba.?

A 王室の 事件／事情／状勢: the couple 提起する／ポーズをとるd at St. George Chapel to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, their の近くに friends; pictured May 2018

Best pals: Nacho and Prince Harry at the 2018 Sentebale IS PS Handa Polo Cup, with Meghan Markle and Delfina walking behind them; pictured in July 2018

Supporting Harry: Nacho Figueras …に出席する the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup in Rome, a charity co-設立するd by the prince; pictured in May 2019

Fatherhood is another topic which he is believed to have 社債d with the Duke of Sussex over.

すぐに after his son Archie was born, Nacho 賞賛するd the as an 'amazing' parent and said he is 'very, very happy' about fatherhood.

He said: 'He seems to be really, really happy so I'm very happy and excited for him.

?'I've been 説 this for a long time, he's a person that loves children.

'I've seen him interact with children for a very long time in all these things that we do in Africa so I'm not surprised he's an amazing father.'?

A brotherhood: The Duke played with Nacho in a polo match mere days after his son Archie Harrison was born in 2019?

Nacho, who is a 声の 支持者 of the Sussexes, and Prince Harry have long appeared の近くに and tactile in their friendship?

The polo player 明かすd his fragrance line in 2019 on Instagram, with one of the perfumes 指名するd 'Windsor'

And the pair have remained の近くに にもかかわらず Prince Harry stepping 支援する from 王室の 義務! Prince Harry and Nacho are pictured here hugging at?Aspen Valley Polo Club on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021

Known as one of the most recognisable players in the world, he has 活発に spoken out to defend Harry and Meghan over the years.

The father-of-four is an 外交官／大使 for Sentebale, an organisation 設立するd by the prince which is 献身的な to helping children and young people who or whose families 苦しむ with HIV and 援助（する）s in Lesotho.

During the interview he also 述べるd Meghan as 'incredible', and 明らかにする／漏らすd how she 'gave up everything for the man she loves'.

He also a 選択 of six fragrances, 含むing one 指名するd 'Windsor', which hinted at a 'brotherhood of kindred spirits' with the Duke.

And earlier this week, he 株d a 地位，任命する 賞賛するing the Duke on Instagram, 令状ing: 'What a joy to see you smile and be so happy. I love 存在 your チーム仲間.'?