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Prince Harry He said he was “in shock” on Tuesday, March 25, as he resigned as a sponsor of Sentebale, the charity he created in 2006.
Harry, 40, and Cofounder Prince Seeiso Lesotho said on Tuesday that they stepped down from the charity in unity with several trustees, who also announced their exits on Tuesday in the midst of tensions with the chair of the Board, Sophie Chandauka Dr..
The princes said in a statement that the relationship between Chandauka, who was appointed chairman in July 2023, and the leaving trustees “broke down beyond repair” after they asked her to step down. Chandauka suddenly sued the charity to stay in the site, the princes claimed. For her, Chandauka said she reported the charity to the UK Charity Commission for issues including “poor governance… Abuse of power, bullying (AC) harassment.”
“It is devastating that the relationship between the charity’s trustees and the chair of the Board has shattered beyond repair, creating an unsustainable situation,” said Harry and Seeiso, 58, in a statement made by the London times. Guardian and the BBC.
“These trustees acted in the charity’s best interest in asking the Chair to step down, while bearing the welfare of staff in mind.
“We thank all the trustees for their service over the years and we are truly heartbreaking they have had to follow with this Act,” they added. “What is happening is unimportant. We are in shock that we have to do this, but we have ongoing responsibility for sentebale beneficiaries, so we will share all our concerns with the Charity Commission about how this came into being.”
Trustees who leave Timothy Boucher. Mark Dyer. Audrey Kgosidintsi. Dropped and West Release a joint statement saying that their decision is “nothing less than destructive,” but they had lost “trust and confidence in the Board chair.”
“It has always been our priority, and will always be what is in the best interests of the charity, and it is very sad that the breakdown in a relationship deteriorated to a legal proceedings by the Chair against the charity, deteriorated to prevent us from vote after our application for its resignation was rejected,” said the former trustees.
The group added, “We were not in good conscience allowing Sentebale to take on that legal and financial burden and we have been left with no other option but leave our jobs. This was not an already made choice, but rather something we felt we were forced to care for the charity.”
Sentebale said in a statement Wednesday, March 25, to Weekly US He had not accepted the resignation of the princes, but was “pleased to confirm the restructuring of our board on 25 March 2025 to present the capabilities and networks to experts to accelerate the Sentebale Transformation Agenda as announced last year.”
Chandauka said in a separate statement to Us.
“There are people in this world who behave as if they are above the law and abuse people, and then play the victim card and use the exact press they spoil to harm people with the courage to challenge their behavior,” Chandauka continued.
The statement went on, “Smart readers will ask themselves: Why would the Chair of the Board report her own trustees to the Charity Commission? Why would the High Court of England and Wales hear its case and announce an emergency injunction to prevent the same trustees from drawing it with the chair of the Board?”
“Well, because under all the victim’s narrative and a whistle -syndicated fiction is the story of a woman who dared to blow the whistle about poor governance issues, weak active control, power abuse, bullying, harassment, misogyny, misogynoir – and the cover he had,” Chandauka claimed.
Weekly US reached out to representatives to Prince Harry for further comments.
Harry and Prince Seeiso Sentebale launched in 2006 to help young people in South Africa affected by HIV and AIDS. More recently, the not -for -profit organization focused on supporting young people to tackle issues such as climate change, wealth unfairness and health challenges.