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In nan latest bruising to deed nan British Royal family, Prince Harry has been whacked pinch a defamation suit successful nan UK by a charity that nan 2nd boy of King Charles III and nan precocious Diana, Princess of Wales, co-founded 20 years ago.
Prince Harry exited Sentebale, which was created successful 2006 to reside nan dispersed of H.I.V./A.I.D.S. successful nan African nations of Lesotho and Botswana successful March 2025 complete disputes pinch nan charity’s committee chair Dr Sophie Chandauka.
Then, arsenic Dr. Chandauka sued Sentebale trustees to forestall her ain firing, things sewage really messy arsenic allegations of “issues of mediocre governance, anemic executive management, maltreatment of power, bullying, harassment, misogyny, misogynoir” became public. With Harry and co-founder Prince Seeiso of Lesotho out, further claims of a cover-up emerged to make nan full business spell from bad to worse.
Today, Sentebale made nationalist nan action it revenge against Meghan Markle‘s hubby and ex-Sentebale trustee Mark Dyer in London’s High Court connected March 23.
“Sentebale has commenced ineligible proceedings successful nan High Court of England and Wales,” nan charity’s trustees and executive head said successful a connection Friday. “The kindness seeks nan court’s intervention, protection, and restitution pursuing a coordinated adverse media run conducted since 25 March 2025 that has caused operational disruption and reputational harm to nan charity, its leadership, and its strategical partners,” nan remarks connected nan organization’s tract continued.
Naming Royal names, Sentebale added: “The proceedings person been brought against Prince Harry and Mark Dyer, identified done grounds arsenic nan architects of that adverse media campaign, which has had important viral effect and triggered an onslaught of cyber-bullying directed astatine nan kindness and its leadership.”
Reps for Prince Harry, who is nary alien to instigating tribunal moves himself aliases showing up successful nan High Court, did not respond to petition by Deadline for remark connected nan suit.
READ THE FULL SENTEBALE STATEMENT ON TAKING PRINCE HARRY TO COURT FOR DEFAMATION HERE:
Sentebale has commenced ineligible proceedings successful nan High Court of England and Wales. The kindness seeks nan court’s intervention, protection, and restitution pursuing a coordinated adverse media run conducted since 25 March 2025 that has caused operational disruption and reputational harm to nan charity, its leadership, and its strategical partners.
The proceedings person been brought against Prince Harry and Mark Dyer, identified done grounds arsenic nan architects of that adverse media campaign, which has had important viral effect and triggered an onslaught of cyber-bullying directed astatine nan kindness and its leadership.
Sentebale has knowledgeable nan adverse media run arsenic mendacious narratives circulated done nan media astir nan kindness and its leadership, attempts to undermine its relationships pinch staff, existing and prospective partners, and nan forced diversion of activity clip and resources into managing a reputational situation not of nan charity’s making.
Sentebale’s improvement assemblage funders person maintained 100% of their financial committedness passim this period, and nan kindness has been profoundly moved by nan continued generosity of individual donors who person stood patient alongside them. The committedness of our partners and donors reflects a shared condemnation that bully governance is basal to nan integrity of immoderate charitable organisation, and their religion successful nan continued activity of nan charity. It is besides a reflection of nan resoluteness of nan Board and nan teams successful Lesotho and Botswana who person remained resilient and focused connected nan activity successful nan look of sustained pressure.
At a clip erstwhile world assistance is contracting and nan needs of children crossed Southern Africa are growing, nan activity Sentebale delivers for 78,000 young lives is progressively critical. The kindness should not proceed to usage its resources to negociate and reside nan harm this adverse media run has caused to its operations and partnerships. This must stop. The Board and Executive Director person taken this ineligible action to unafraid that protection. The costs of doing truthful are met wholly by outer backing and nary charitable costs person been used.
The Board and Executive Director spot that those who judge successful Sentebale’s ngo will understand why this ineligible action, whilst difficult, was basal and important, and will proceed to guidelines pinch america arsenic we attraction connected nan activity ahead.
Sentebale’s attraction remains wherever it has ever been: nan children and young group of Lesotho and Botswana.
Sentebale does not intend to remark further connected this matter while ineligible proceedings are ongoing.
Issued by nan Board of Trustees and Executive Director of Sentebale
