Prince Harry has exchanged phrases with Sentebale within the newest twist within the bitter fallout with the charity.
The prince had been engaged in a public disagreement (Picture: Shannon Finney/Getty Pictures)
Prince Harry’s spokesperson has now issued a scathing assertion in response to the libel claims made by his former beloved charity, Sentebale. The Duke of Sussex based Sentebale alongside Prince Seeiso in 2006 to assist individuals affected by HIV/AIDS in Lesotho and Botswana.
The charity is now suing the Duke of Sussex and Mark Dyer, former trustee of Sentebale, for “triggering an onslaught of cyber-bullying” following his exit. A spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex and Mark Dyer responded and mentioned: “As Sentebale’s co-founder and a founding trustee, they categorically reject these offensive and damaging claims.
“It’s extraordinary that charitable funds are actually getting used to pursue authorized motion towards the very individuals who constructed and supported the organisation for almost 20 years, fairly than being directed to the communities the charity was created to serve.”
Sentebale mentioned it had begun authorized proceedings after “a coordinated opposed media marketing campaign performed since March 25, 2025, that has brought about operational disruption and reputational hurt to the charity, its management and its strategic companions”.
It added: “The proceedings have been introduced towards Prince Harry and Mark Dyer, recognized by proof because the architects of that opposed media marketing campaign, which has had important viral impression and triggered an onslaught of cyberbullying directed on the charity and its management.
“Sentebale has skilled the opposed media marketing campaign as false narratives circulated by the media concerning the charity and its management, makes an attempt to undermine its relationships with workers, present and potential companions, and the pressured diversion of management time and assets into managing a reputational disaster not of the charity’s making.
“The charity mustn’t proceed to make use of its assets to handle and deal with the injury this opposed media marketing campaign has brought about to its operations and partnerships. This should cease. The board and government director have taken this authorized motion to safe that safety. The prices of doing so are met totally by exterior funding, and no charitable funds have been used.”
Prince Harry in Lesothio in 2024 (Picture: Brian Otieno/Getty Pictures for Sentebale)
In August 2025, the Charity Fee criticised Harry for permitting a row with the chair to “play out publicly”.
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After his resignation was made public, Sophie Chandauka mentioned she had been focused by individuals who “play the sufferer card”.
She described the dispute as a “story of a lady who dared to blow the whistle about problems with poor governance, weak government administration, abuse of energy, bullying, harassment, misogyny, misogynoir [discrimination against black women] – and the cover-up that ensued”.
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