Prince Harry’s charity shuts down after 20 years over ego fights; board members quit.

Prince Harry’s charity shuts down after 20 years over ego fights; board members quit.

After nearly twenty years, Prince Harry has shut down Sentebale, a charity he co-founded in 2006 in memory of his mother, Princess Diana, to benefit orphaned African children.

Harry had co-founded Sentebale with his friend Prince Seeiso of Lesotho.

According to media reports, the charity had suffered ego wars amid allegations of harassment and misogyny by board chair Sophie Chandauka, forcing the trustees of the charity to resign unanimously.

In a statement to The Times, the Royal duo declared that they are siding with the trustees, who had acted in the best interest of the charity, in a row that has created an “untenable situation”.

What has board chair Sophie Chandauka alleged?
Sophie Chandauka, who was appointed as Sentebale’s board chair last year, alleged that she was faced with “bullying, harassment, misogyny, and misogynoir”, along with issues of poor governance, weak executive management, and abuse of power at Prine Harry’s charity.

She told The Sun that the Sentebale trustees “behave as though they are above the law and mistreat people,” blaming them for playing the victim card and using the press to “harm people who have the courage to challenge their conduct.”

Speaking to The Sun, the Zimbabwean lawyer said she had acted with integrity as a “proud African” despite it all.

She is understood to be suing the trustees over calls for her to stand down from the post.