Sentebale #2

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Second thread .

I do wonder if there are rumblings in the Invictus camp about the Sussex brand this might embolden them to have a frank discussion with Harry.

Just as SC's claims of Sussex high handedness might embolden others to come forward about bullying claims (those not under NDAs realistically. )

What is very worrying though is whether Sentebale has the resources to get them through the period whilst the CC investigates, because all this bad press has got to hit them hard.

I believe this is the drop in funding that SC said was not discussed or minuted anywhere in the board minutes. And in her private conversations with the trustees, they said it was too awkward to talk about because it was tied in with Harry's personal fortunes and they didn't want to cause offense.

I don't know whether she decided to try to switch fundraising to the west coast of the US to match Harry's new life and sphere of influence. And this is just my supposition: she discovered he has no sphere of influence in his new life. No sponsors amid his new friends willing to cough up the way they did in his royal life in the UK. Only money that would come via vehicles like Fidelity and USAID that needed to go through Archewell first. And this knowledge embarrassed him and led to him wanting her out.

This is why late Queen said no to their half in half out suggestion. They are toast, their brand is toast. MM’s ‘I’m a Sussex now’ might not have been the ideal rebrand.

@Bumpitybumpbumplook That's a very bold claim to make against someone who is A) a qualified legal professional, with extensive experience of corporate governance; and B) who has been involved as a director of Sentebale for a number of years. Do you have evidence to back up your claims that she has her "handbag stuffed with stolen cash"?

If she is a "crook" as you claim, then why has Prince Harry stood by and allowed her to work at the charity for all this time. Wouldn't that be a massive dereliction of duty on his part?

I don't imagine his behaviour - both seen and alleged - will come as any surprise to those who've been paying attention, but agree there's no reason why it would be any different at Invictus

As I've said so often, once the dominos start to fall the momentum can carry all sorts of things away with it

@LemonLeaves Has this person ever posted on MN before 🤔

And already deleted.

Whilst a working royal Harry could provide the charity with Polo and a charity concert in the grounds of Kensington palace supported by the British tax payer and the bank of the royal family. He has lost all access and Meghan has probably got better connections than Harry now. The grace and favours is double edged as not only have they declined it results in expenses going up. The hard fact is the charity would be better off with a founder who can provide cost efficient guaranteed fundraisers if they cannot operate on donations only.

Wow, SC’s interview was first class.

She is articulate, balanced and my god, she is fighting back. I dread to think the pressures and trolls she will have to deal with now. Now we will see what racism really looks like, and I sincerely hope H&M defend her right not to be subjected to racist attacks, even if they disagree with what she is saying.

@LemonLeaves I have reported your post only because you have quoted from that now deleted post which was making unsubstantiated claims about SC

"The Sussexes and those around them have refused to be interviewed, make of that what you will"

Sophie is more intelligent, better educated and more articulate than both of them put together. They shouldn't attempt to compete. I hope they have someone close to them who is telling them that, who they will listen to.

The King must be appalled, but there is nothing he can do. All his advisers must be telling him he must keep his distance. I wonder how long they have seen this coming.

The board were serving PH over the purposes of a charity

PH didn’t follow any rules - acted like he wanted

Would anyone imagine that he'd expect anything else?
More to the point would anyone fancy being the person volunteered to tell him he can't?

Had to smile about Netflix "declining to comment" though ... maybe not in public, but I'd give a lot to be a fly on their wall right now

As if, being a qualified legal professional with experience means a person is honest?

You are naive.

Catherine's Mother's Day message. But the BBC is still banging on about last year's message. Can't they let it drop?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4vyn771e0o

That's not evidence though, is it. What's your evidence for your assertions?

Is it Mother's Day in the USA?

No. Mother’s Day is an Americanisation of Mothering Sunday which falls in the middle of Lent. American’s Mother’s Day is later and doesn’t have historical links to the liturgical calendar.

No. She has to be treated like some sort of criminal as if she's the only famous person ever to have used Photoshop 🙄

You're quite right. Arrogant, self serving, deceitful, greedy. I hope this is the end of all that grifting.

AP or whoever it was that killed it have still not said what was wrong with it, have they? Ah well, their loss, they don't get her photos to distribute anymore.

But you think Harry is honest? 😆

What is very worrying though is whether Sentebale has the resources to get them through the period whilst the CC investigates, because all this bad press has got to hit them hard.

I’m not so sure. I think it would depend how effective they actually are in their charitable works. The press shows them wrenching away from Harry and would enable them to stand independent of his brand. It might make it easier to approach funders who were concerned about the connection/his influence - once the brew ha ha has died down.

There’s plenty for dishonest lawyers, of course there are, because there are plenty of dishonest people.

Lawyers who are prone to poor behaviour though don’t tend to build 20 year careers in blue-chip organisations, because it’s more likely they’ll be found out in an environment with clear rules and risk management processes.

Has this been confirmed anywhere?

I'd really like some investigative journalist to do some digging into Archewell but I guess the whole point of registering it in a secretive bolthole was to thwart precisely that.

You’d have to be very naive if you thought that 😆