26Jun2005 Prince Charles and Prince Turki Attend Polo Match

London, 26 June 2005

Prince Charles of Wales, the British Crown Prince, and Prince Turki Al-Faisal, the Saudi ambassador to the Untied Kingdom and Ireland, attended yesterday in London a Polo match between the teams of Prince Charles and the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

The match named after former Lebanese Premier, Rafiq Hariri, was played for the Gulf Polo Charitable Cup.

The GCC team defeated Prince Charles' team by 7 to 5.

Later Prince Turki Al-Faisal received Prince Charles and his team and gave them memorial gifts.

Prince Turki also handed over the Cup to the leader of the GCC team.

The head of the match's organizing committee, Basil Al-Ghalayini said the match was aimed at supporting charitable works and societies.

"The Gulf Polo Cup provides a good opportunity to enhance Arab-British relations", he said.

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