LONDON– British regulatory authorities slammed on Wednesday both sides in a disagreement over the future of a charity started by Royal prince Harry and Royal Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, for permitting the concern to be played out in public and destructive the company’s track record.
The Charity Compensation for England and Wales took place to state that it located no proof of prevalent intimidation or misogyny at Sentebale, which supplies assistance for youngsters dealing with HIV in Botswana and Lesotho.
The payment opened up a testimonial of Sentebale’s administration in April after both royal princes tipped down as customers and a team of trustees, stating the partnership in between the board and its chair, Sophie Chandauka, was irreparable. Chandauka later on charged Harry of coordinating a project of intimidation and harassment to attempt to compel her out.
Differences over the company’s future appeared in 2023 after the then-board of trustees looked for to present a brand-new fundraising approach in the USA, the payment claimed. The conflict in between Chandauka, various other trustees and Harry was initially reported to the payment in February 2025.
Those stress came to be public in March, when Harry revealed he was tipping down as client to sustain the trustees that had actually surrendered. In his duty as client, the royal prince utilized his celebrity power to advertise and elevate funds for Sentebale.
” Sentebale’s troubles played out in the public eye, allowing a destructive conflict to hurt the charity’s track record, danger eclipsing its numerous success, and threatening the charity’s capability to provide for the actual recipients it was produced to offer,” payment chief executive officer David Holdsworth claimed in a declaration launched Wednesday.
Harry’s spokesperson assaulted the payment’s choice.
The record “drops troublingly brief in numerous concerns, largely the truth that the effects of the present chair’s activities will certainly not be birthed by her– however by the youngsters that rely upon Sentebale’s assistance,” Harry’s spokesperson claimed in a declaration.
Harry will certainly currently consider different means to assist youngsters in Botswana and Lesotho, the spokesperson claimed.
Chandauka invited the record, stating it verified the administration concerns she elevated previously this year.
” The unanticipated negative media project that was introduced by those that surrendered on 24 March 2025 has actually created enormous damages and uses a peek of the undesirable habits presented secretive,” she claimed in a declaration.
Harry and Seeiso started Sentebale in 2006 to recognize their late moms
