A Watchdog has given their verdict on Sentebale’s choice to sue the Duke of Sussex.
Prince Harry is being sued by his former charity, Sentebale (Picture: Getty)
A charity watchdog has questioned why Sentebale, the African AIDS and HIV charity arrange by Prince Harry in 2006, has determined to sue the Duke of Sussex. The Charity Fee stated it was looking for to know how the deliberate authorized motion would “additional their charity’s functions”.
After it was concerned in an investigation into the fallout between Prince Harry and the charity’s chairwoman, Dr Sophie Chandauka, final 12 months, the regulator has stated: “Authorized motion can current a big threat to a charity’s beneficiaries, property and repute.” Trustees should guarantee selections are in “the most effective pursuits of the charity”, it added.
Prince Harry arrange Sentebale in 2006 (Picture: Getty)
The Charity Fee beforehand raised considerations about inner disputes at Sentebale enjoying out in public eye. Final summer season, a compliance case discovered no proof of systemic bullying or harassment.
Nevertheless, the fee’s chief govt, David Holdsworth, took a no-holds-barred strategy to the problems enjoying out so visibly. He stated: “Performed out within the public eye, enabling a dangerous dispute to hurt the charity’s repute, threat overshadowing its many achievements, and jeopardising the charity’s skill to ship for the very beneficiaries it was created to serve.”
“Shifting ahead, I urge all events to not lose sight of those that depend on the charity’s companies,” he added.
Sentebale launched a defamation motion towards Prince Harry over what the charity stated was a “co-ordinated antagonistic media marketing campaign” which prompted “operational disruption and reputational hurt”.
Prince Harry and Mark Dyer will likely be sued by the charity (Picture: Getty)
In an announcement following the information of the submitting being shared publicly, the charity’s board of trustees and govt director stated: “Sentebale has commenced authorized proceedings within the Excessive Court docket of England and Wales.
“The charity seeks the court docket’s intervention, safety and restitution following a co-ordinated antagonistic media marketing campaign carried out since March 25, 2025 that has prompted operational disruption and reputational hurt to the charity, its management and its strategic companions.
“The proceedings have been introduced towards Prince Harry and Mark Dyer, recognized via proof because the architects of that antagonistic media marketing campaign, which has had important viral influence and triggered an onslaught of cyber-bullying directed on the charity and its management.
“Sentebale has skilled the antagonistic media marketing campaign as false narratives circulated via the media in regards to the charity and its management, makes an attempt to undermine its relationships with employees, current and potential companions, and the pressured diversion of management time and assets into managing a reputational disaster not of the charity’s making.”
The row between Prince Harry and Dr Sophie Chandauka (L) performed out publicly (Picture: Getty)
A spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex and Mark Dyer responded and stated: “As Sentebale’s co-founder and a founding trustee, they categorically reject these offensive and damaging claims.
“It’s extraordinary that charitable funds at the moment are getting used to pursue authorized motion towards the very individuals who constructed and supported the organisation for almost 20 years, reasonably than being directed to the communities the charity was created to serve.”
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Throughout an interview after Prince Harry stepped down from his board place, Dr Chandauka spoke about those that prefer to “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 govt administration, abuse of energy, bullying, harassment, misogyny, misogynoir [discrimination against black women] – and the cover-up that ensued”.
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