“Toxicity” claims denied, leadership errors blamed

• Chairman of Prince Harry’s charity Sentebale speaks against the Duke of Sussex after he, his founder and the Board of Directors resigned
• A source near the manager and protector at the charity has said that her claims are “baseless and potentially defamatory”
• Prince Harry set up Sentebale to help young people affected by HIV along with Prince Seeiso 2006 in memory of both their late mothers, including Princess Diana

Prince HarryThe charity organization, Sentebale, is embedded in a bitter dispute between its chairman, Dr. Sophie Chandaaka, and former patron and manager.

In an interview with Economic times On Saturday, March 29, Sentebale claimed Dr. Sophie Chandauka, who took the role in July 2023, that Harry and his co-founder Prince Seeiso-As resigned as protector by the organization earlier this week – wanted to “force a failure and then come to the rescue.”

However, a source close to protectors and managers tells people that their decision to provide the charity was based on Chandaua’s handling of the charity’s finances. (In response, a representative of Chandauka told earlier: “First and foremost, as much of the content that circulated yesterday, is very information that shared unlikely and defamation.”)

The source adds: “The managers tried to negotiate this privately and requested that she consider her position because of their lack of confidence and confidence in her as a leader, which is shown by the financial position in which she put the charity.”

“They fully expected this publicity stunt and reached their collective decision with this in mind,” the source adds. “They remain stuck in their departure for the charity and look forward to the assessment of the truth.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Chandauka claims that the public counter -reaction after Prince Harry and Meghan MarkleRoyal Exit damaged charity’s ability to secure new donors and recruit older staff.

“No. 1 risk for this organization was the toxicity of its leading protector,” Chandaka, a lawyer for Zimbabwean company financing, told the outlet.

In response, the source claims that Sentebale had been strongly dependent on Prince Harry’s commitment – especially through events such as Sentebale Polo Cup, where sponsors were attracted by his participation – and that the Duke of Sussex had donated $ 1.5 million from his memoir Spare.

According to chandaka, a key turning point for the organization allegedly came When tens tens arose Between Herself and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at a Polo Event Benefiting Sentebale in April 2024. A Viral Moment that Seemingly Showed Meghan Moving CHANDA MEGHAND MEGHAN MEGHAN Generated negative Attention for Meghan, and the Prince Allegedly Asked Chandaka to Publicly Address the Incident.

“I said no, we do not set a precedent as we become An extension of the Sussex PR machine“Canduka said Economic times of the event.

The source that spoke to people insists that the dispute derives from governance problems, not personal complaints. They claim that they “just ever want the truth to be shared.”

Chandauka also accused the charity’s board of “misogyny and misogynyoir” or misogyny against black women, for how they treated her as a leader.

The source calls Chandauka’s claims of intimidation, racial bias and discrimination “basic and potentially defamatory”, with reference to another trustee, Dr. Kello Lerotholi, like denies witnessing such behavior.

In another interview with Sky NewsWhich will be aired in its entirety on Sunday, March 30, Chandauka claimed to have experienced “harassment and bullying on a scale” after Harry and others left the organization.

“The only reason I’m here … is that Prince Harry approved the release of a malicious news to the outside world at some time on Tuesday without informing me or my country managers or my CEO,” Chandauka told Sky News’ Trevor Phillips.

“And can you imagine what that attack has done to me, on me and the 540 individuals in the Sentebale organizations and their family (IES)?” She continued. “It’s an example of harassment and bullying on scale.”

The Duke of Sussex, 40 and Prince Seeiso, 58, announced on March 26 that they resigned as protectors of the charity.

After the board asked Chandauka to resign, she aroused a mood against the charity, which supports young people in southern Africa. The charity commission, based in the UK, confirmed that they are investigating.

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Prince Harry set up Sentebale together with Prince Seeiso 2006 in memory of both their late mothers. The Duke of Sussex saw the one who continued the inheritance from Princess Diana, who campaigned to help them with AIDS.

“With heavy hearts, we have resigned from our roles as protectors of the organization until further notice and solidarity with the board who have had to do the same. It is devastating that the relationship between the charity’s manager and the chairman of the board broke away outside repair, which created an unmatched situation,” the prince said in part of the past.

“… what has happened is unthinkable. We are in shock that we have to do this, but we have a continued responsibility towards Sentebale’s beneficiary, so we will share all our problems with the charity commission about how this came about.”