The reality is that this charity was set up - in the UK, to which Prince Seesio has strong and deep, RF-friendly ties - by the Palace machine to give Harry something to do. Something that would make him look good, keep busy, stay out of trouble, reflect well on the family, and play to his strengths (whatever they were at the time - polo, able to relate to children). Harry was the next generation’s Andrew, but had none of Andrew’s ability re the Navy, and even less intellect. Equally arrogant and surly and spoilt, though. Nobody knew then how disloyal Harry would turn out to be, and contemptuous of the RF, the Palace and the people working within it. But that was then.
The whole structure and organization will have been established for Harry to be the figurehead. All the work was done by other people. All of it. All Harry had to do was visit periodically and have his photo taken, play some polo matches so that donors could whitewash / rub shoulders. It’s nothing new. I don’t imagine William reads everything to do with Earthshot, or Catherine with her early years thing. But they both give the impression of having read more than Harry has about Sentebale, and being more hands on. Anyway.
The co-trustees were there to look after the Palace’s investment and interest: guide and advise Harry, make the organisation do the necessary to keep this a viable venture for him, make him and the palace look good. They were all pointing in the same direction: whatever keeps Harry happy keeps him out of trouble, keeps him playing polo, keeps the money coming in. Not loads (god forbid Harry should be the figurehead of mega-money venture), but enough to give credibility. At the founding of a charity, when it’s getting off the ground, those values will have aligned with the charity’s aims.
I don’t know for a fact but I doubt Harry has ever read a financial report; read board minutes; read the founding documents; knows all the key employees.
Twenty years on and Harry’s hand still needs holding, the charity can no longer align itself with Harry’s best interests, and the two are diverting. Had he stayed in the RF, he would have been advised and guided around this situation. The charity may have pivoted but kept him on; he may have handed over the reins; it may have slipped into closing down. But not this. This ugly and unnecessary public divorce is because Harry can’t keep his mouth shut. It’s him pouting and feeling hard done by, publicly, and lashing out. He doesn’t know anything. He’s ignorant of the substance of the matter. So he’s doing all he knows to do: lean on lawyers for advice (the only advisors he has now are ones he has to pay for, and they’ll all be paternalistic in the way they give him advice - penny to a pound they all say it’s like having a child for a client), and use the media.
It’s so unsurprising, all of it. So transparent and plain to see.