Harry resigns from Sentebale, the charity he founded!

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14536443/prince-Harry-resigns-charity-cofounder-leadership-row.html

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The Times

https://archive.ph/GWUac

Their fundraising costs as a percentage of income are actually pretty reasonable- about 10%- and actually very low for a charity with large amounts of event income (50%).

I wasn’t discussing Meghan either, except to say to point out Harry isn’t involved with her Netflix project.

She may be one of few people not to have signed and NDA. She seems super clever and I'm a bit in awe.

A friend of a friend who spent two months a year teaching there acknowledged it was a very small charity. They'd send out teaching equipment. Books, pencils, erasers, chalk. A teaching system harking back to pre computer days. The three R's were taught. No age limit the oldest pupils well into adulthood.

Looking at the income 3.9 million after twenty years I'd have expected it to blossom under a royal patron. But you have to work at it. Harry hasn't in recent years nor have other wealthy trustees.

He could have glad handed wealthy Americans to start with.

What does it matter if they’re posh or white if they raised money for a charity and did good things with it?

To be fair it mostly seems they played polo with it!
although I’m aware looks can be deceiving.

I'm convinced that Harry is in a shed in his yard bottling jam.

I suspect a horticultural enterprise

Isn’t also quite unprofessional? Most Chairs go through procedures. Also there was a vote of no confidence in her. She is not necessarily the only “local” person on that Board.

So much said by people who have no idea of the true reason for him to leave and the whole board of trustees !! Once again it’s used as a stick to discredit Harry .Can we really believe anything the DM prints?

i thought it was all over all of the papers?
Why are you specifying the dm?

He told us why he left. What are you on about?

Guardian link.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/25/prince-harry-resigns-in-shock-from-african-charity-he-founded-in-2006

There's an interesting comparison with what happened with Invictus a couple of years ago. The two chiefs in charge of bringing the games to Whistler, Peter Lawless and Bill Cooper, were sacked, amongst (unconfirmed) rumours about budgets being exceeded and low morale. In Lawless's case, he was both a sports lawyer and THE authority on bringing these types of games to Canada, so it was all a huge surprise, and no explanation was ever given for their departure. But they were employees, and possibly bound in ways that has prevented them from speaking out. Dr Chandauka is, by contrast, a volunteer. But also an extremely experienced lawyer and established philanthropist in her own right. And clearly not someone who feels any need (legal or moral) to go quietly. By contrast, in this case, we have the clap back from the top. The Charities Commission findings will be interesting reading.

BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8e7z2e4pkno

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Do you think Dr Chandauka might have been a little less scathing in her statemnet if she hadn't been treated so badly at the trophy giving?
As others have said, the fact she's a volunteer also gives her a lot more power compared to the paid employees who i assume all have a NDA?

I wouldn't hold your breath the charities commission are toothless, get the vapours easily.

As usual, great NY Post comments.

https://nypost.com/2025/03/26/entertainment/prince-harry-quits-in-shock-from-african-charity-sentebale-he-founded-in-2006/

Who knows moog !
it is worth pointing out that she did infact work on the board with them from 2015 , I believe she left then was invited back to the chairman of the board position, so this isn’t some new person to all involved, they knew her well and obviously had a positive opinion of her to invite her back to a higher position!

Perhaps they have and I’m sure the figures will be available for people to see eventually. But my point, although made badly, was more about the racism involved in the description of those involved as posh white twats.

Would be allowed to refer to people as posh black twats?

eta - I suspect the end of Sentenbale is just around the corner. What’s happening is so ugly it’s better to be put out of its misery.

I'm not quite sure why some people are presenting this as a bunch of "white men" vs a "local". Two prominent Basotho are among those who have resigned, as well as a Motswana woman.

Dr Chandauka is not a local, she's a Zimbabwean.

Harry has plenty of time and the staff to organise events in California. There's folks there dripping in money and influence Oprah for a start. He's had a few years now to set things up.

I could shake him to be honest.