Tensions emerge over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix polo documentary with bosses unhappy about the Duke’s absence from five-part series

When Netflix signed an £80million deal with Prince Harry, executives might have hoped for lots of exclusive personal footage.

But his new five-part documentary series about polo hardly features the Duke at all, I can reveal. Instead, it focuses on his friend Nacho Figueras, a little-known Argentinian player.

A source last night claimed Netflix bosses have been disappointed with just how much the final edit focuses on the unknown, saying the streaming giant expected ‘more bang for its buck’.

Through their company Archewell, Harry and his wife Meghan are executive producers of the series, titled simply Polo and due out in December.

But behind the scenes it has been nicknamed ‘the Nacho Show’.

The Sussexes (Pictured at the Hague in April 17) are executive producers of the series through their company Archewell, however Netflix feel their multi-million dollar deal with the couple has been a big ‘nothing burger’

A source said it was ‘nice of Harry to do his mate (Nacho Figueras, pictured with Elsa Pataky) a favour, but Nacho speaks broken English and is just not mainstream enough to pull in the ratings’

The couple signed a five-year deal in 2020 for several shows, but one Hollywood producer told me: ‘What Net­flix have received in return doesn’t look great. People want personal stuff. 

‘Apart from their documentary series, which had the drama of them quitting the Royal Family, everything else they’ve produced has been underwhelming.

‘Any reasonable person tuning into a show about polo made by Prince Harry would expect Harry to take a starring role. 

‘That he’s not is hugely disappointing for Netflix. Let’s face it, polo isn’t exactly a mainstream sport so the attraction would have been watching Harry. Without him, it’s marginal at best.

‘The Netflix deal expires next year, so the Sussexes need a big hit. This sounds like a big nothing burger.’

Another insider said: ‘For a show about a sport of Kings, polo barely features any royalty. It’s not the Harry show, it’s the Nacho show.’

Mr Figueras, 47, has been dubbed ‘the David Beckham of polo’ but one source said: ‘Nice of Harry to do his mate a favour, but Nacho speaks broken English and is just not mainstream enough to pull in the ratings.’