May 13, 2009
Prince Harry to visit NY, play polo on Governors Island
 England’s Prince Harry will make a formal trip to New York City later this month, to visit the World Trade Center site and play in a charity polo match on the opening day of Governors Island, the
BBC reports.
It will be the 24-year-old prince’s first visit to America since he was a child.
The Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic on May 30, which will have paid and free viewing areas, is a benefit exhibition match for the American Friends of Sentebale. Nacho Figueras, the captain of Black Watch, will also play, a spokesperson for the match previously told NewYorkology.
VIP benefit tickets range from $500 for an individual to $50,000 for a table of 10 in the royal enclosure. (Details in pdf format.)
This will be the second year in a row that a polo match will help kick off the summer season at Governors Island, which has only been open to the public since 2004. The island, located just off the southern tip of Manhattan, can be reached by a free ferry next to the Staten Island Ferry terminal. (It’s actually closer to Brooklyn, with the Brooklyn Cruise Ship Terminal extremely nearby, as the picture from October 2008 shows.) This year Governors Island will get its own Water Taxi Beach (opening the Fourth of July weekend) as well as new picnic grounds on the newly opened south side of the island.
During the royal visit, Prince Harry will also visit a Veterans Affairs medical center in Manhattan, the Sept. 11 tribute at the British Garden at Hanover Square, and the Harlem Children’s Zone with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, according to BBC and People magazine.
(Thanks to Meryl Cooper and LaForce+Stevens on Twitter for the BBC tip.)
Picture credits: Top Veuve Clicquot; QM2 as seen from Governors Island, Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
Earlier: Polo returning to Governors Island on Opening Day
Governors Island plans: more biking, art and cabanas
May 13, 2009 8:07 AM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Drinkology, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology, Sports
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