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Sentebale no. 3

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Thedom · 31/03/2025 07:40

The ex lead Patron Its getting plenty of media coverage today.

(ps, my hash key doesn't work )

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CrocsNotDocs · 01/04/2025 04:53

Slightly off topic but I would love Trevor Engelson to spill one day.

I don’t think he will- he seems to be the honourable type who will keep mum and has subsequently made what looks like a very financially strong (and happy) marriage so has no need for cash.

But still, one can hope that narcissistic Meghan will take a uncalled for pot shot at him one day and he can unleash. She hasn’t been stupid enough to do this so far but one can dream.

AtIusvue · 01/04/2025 06:28

Harry’s friend. Speaking on behalf of Harry.

If Harry’s thinks it’s a good idea his friend doing this, shows you what a shambles his communications team is. Also, that those around him, prop up the delusions.

Harry is upset and believes it a hostile takeover/conspiracy:

I can reveal that Alex Rayner, an old Etonian school friend of the prince, who went to the North Pole with him in 2012 and has been in contact with him over the weekend, said that Prince Harry is ‘shocked’ by the accusations made against him and ‘grief-stricken’ at the way the saga has unfolded.
‘H is very happy for me to speak for him about how he feels about this awful situation,’ said Rayner. ‘He is just beyond heartbroken and flabbergasted that the charity he founded as a teenager has been taken hostage by the chair. It feels tantamount to a hostile takeover.
‘He is so upset and hurt and wounded about the things that are being said about him. I think it’s too early to tell whether he will just walk away now or whether he might try and get it back.
‘The way he feels is as if he has had one of his fingers cut off.
‘He set up Sentebale with a schoolfriend when the death of his mum was a fresh memory. At the moment he is just in total shock about what is being said and the accusations being made.’

Dr Sophie is jealous of Meghan/ The script:

But Alex Rayner told me: ‘It feels like [Dr Chandauka] had her nose put out of joint because she was not the most important woman of colour on the stage.
‘There is an undercurrent of stink here because Meghan showed up and it is coming from her [Dr Chandauka].’

Polo drama should have been sorted by Dr Sophie/The Script:

Yet Alex Rayner said: ‘The chair should never have let that narrative take hold, that Meghan had caused an issue. ‘If that narrative did take hold, then I would argue it is down to the chair to put it right. They could have issued a statement and put a stop to it but they did not. Why? Again, the whole thing smells. It feels planned, and I suspect that the whole thing could only have come from the chair herself.

‘Any chair should have been delighted to have Meghan there. When you have both the Sussexes there it doubles the reaction, the power of it. And yet here she [Dr Chandauka] is refusing to get hold of a negative narrative which damages Meghan. It makes you wonder where it came from?’

Polo field loss:

Yet Rayner, who set up the annual Polo In The Park matches and has also worked with Harry on Sentebale events, said: ‘If you are a sponsor then of course you would want the exposure from a Netflix documentary, so this whole story seems simply untrue.
‘You cannot say that Harry’s brand is of no consequence to the charity, it simply does not stack up. Yes, he has gone from being the great hope of the British Royal Family to being seen as a pariah, but he still attracts a lot of exposure. And with a TV crew in tow – what sponsor would not want the global exposure?
This sounds like an excuse to cover up an administrative error at the charity. They lost the venue.’

The script:

He went on: ‘Let’s not get blinded by “let’s bash Harry” and by the idea that there were racial undertones in play... the situation is that she has failed to administrate her role. She was asked to step down and she refused and took over the charity.’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14556141/ALISON-BOSHOFF-Grief-stricken-Prince-Harry-feels-like-hes-one-fingers-cut-amid-charity-chaos-friends-reveal-hes-total-shock.html

Revealed: Prince Harry is 'in total shock' amid charity chaos

Prince Harry has yet to comment on the scandal that has engulfed his charity Sentebale, but a friend says Harry 'feels as if he has had one of his fingers cut off'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14556141/ALISON-BOSHOFF-Grief-stricken-Prince-Harry-feels-like-hes-one-fingers-cut-amid-charity-chaos-friends-reveal-hes-total-shock.html

MrsLeonFarrell · 01/04/2025 07:00

"The great hope of the British royal family"?

That's a sure sign of someone speaking from a script detached from reality. Who in this country says 'the British royal family' for a start? Why is there no acknowledgement that this whole thing has blown up because Harry released a public statement? Why must people be motivated by jealously of Meghan?

Why are they so bad at this?

Ohpleeeease · 01/04/2025 07:04

Whatdoweknowsofar · 31/03/2025 16:40

No we don’t know it for certain, there are two sides to every story, and I prefer to reserve judgement until we do.

I do wish people wouldn’t use this argument. There are not two sides to every story, there are different versions but they do not have equal value. Would you say of an DV situation or rape that there were two sides to that story?

Things are not black or white but please let’s not minimise Harry bullying a woman as “the other side of the story”.

TheNeedyKhakiPanda · 01/04/2025 07:07

I can't believe he's put out there that Dr Sophie didn't like it that she wasn't the most important woman of colour on the stage 😮

Profhilodisaster · 01/04/2025 07:08

I wonder if Harry's friend did actually contact him or was it the other way round, another person who has been asked to make a statement to try and undo the damage.

MarzipanAndFrenchFancies · 01/04/2025 07:11

AtIusvue · 01/04/2025 06:28

Harry’s friend. Speaking on behalf of Harry.

If Harry’s thinks it’s a good idea his friend doing this, shows you what a shambles his communications team is. Also, that those around him, prop up the delusions.

Harry is upset and believes it a hostile takeover/conspiracy:

I can reveal that Alex Rayner, an old Etonian school friend of the prince, who went to the North Pole with him in 2012 and has been in contact with him over the weekend, said that Prince Harry is ‘shocked’ by the accusations made against him and ‘grief-stricken’ at the way the saga has unfolded.
‘H is very happy for me to speak for him about how he feels about this awful situation,’ said Rayner. ‘He is just beyond heartbroken and flabbergasted that the charity he founded as a teenager has been taken hostage by the chair. It feels tantamount to a hostile takeover.
‘He is so upset and hurt and wounded about the things that are being said about him. I think it’s too early to tell whether he will just walk away now or whether he might try and get it back.
‘The way he feels is as if he has had one of his fingers cut off.
‘He set up Sentebale with a schoolfriend when the death of his mum was a fresh memory. At the moment he is just in total shock about what is being said and the accusations being made.’

Dr Sophie is jealous of Meghan/ The script:

But Alex Rayner told me: ‘It feels like [Dr Chandauka] had her nose put out of joint because she was not the most important woman of colour on the stage.
‘There is an undercurrent of stink here because Meghan showed up and it is coming from her [Dr Chandauka].’

Polo drama should have been sorted by Dr Sophie/The Script:

Yet Alex Rayner said: ‘The chair should never have let that narrative take hold, that Meghan had caused an issue. ‘If that narrative did take hold, then I would argue it is down to the chair to put it right. They could have issued a statement and put a stop to it but they did not. Why? Again, the whole thing smells. It feels planned, and I suspect that the whole thing could only have come from the chair herself.

‘Any chair should have been delighted to have Meghan there. When you have both the Sussexes there it doubles the reaction, the power of it. And yet here she [Dr Chandauka] is refusing to get hold of a negative narrative which damages Meghan. It makes you wonder where it came from?’

Polo field loss:

Yet Rayner, who set up the annual Polo In The Park matches and has also worked with Harry on Sentebale events, said: ‘If you are a sponsor then of course you would want the exposure from a Netflix documentary, so this whole story seems simply untrue.
‘You cannot say that Harry’s brand is of no consequence to the charity, it simply does not stack up. Yes, he has gone from being the great hope of the British Royal Family to being seen as a pariah, but he still attracts a lot of exposure. And with a TV crew in tow – what sponsor would not want the global exposure?
This sounds like an excuse to cover up an administrative error at the charity. They lost the venue.’

The script:

He went on: ‘Let’s not get blinded by “let’s bash Harry” and by the idea that there were racial undertones in play... the situation is that she has failed to administrate her role. She was asked to step down and she refused and took over the charity.’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14556141/ALISON-BOSHOFF-Grief-stricken-Prince-Harry-feels-like-hes-one-fingers-cut-amid-charity-chaos-friends-reveal-hes-total-shock.html

Edited

Harry's friend didn't at any point reference the beneficiaries of the charity. Just poor Harry.

ThePoshUns · 01/04/2025 07:12

TheNeedyKhakiPanda · 01/04/2025 07:07

I can't believe he's put out there that Dr Sophie didn't like it that she wasn't the most important woman of colour on the stage 😮

The Sussex’s are completely deluded. They really do keep digging when thy are in a hole.

StartupRepair · 01/04/2025 07:12

It's hard to keep up. Are we now to think that Meghan is basically spending her days gardening and drifting about the lawns with a basket like an Edwardian aristocrat? What happened to being a humanitarian?

StrawberryWasp · 01/04/2025 07:13

TheNeedyKhakiPanda · 01/04/2025 07:07

I can't believe he's put out there that Dr Sophie didn't like it that she wasn't the most important woman of colour on the stage 😮

I agree this is appalling.
It's not Harry's fault for mismanaging the interface between his Sussex brand and his charity.
It's just awkward black women being difficult because she wanted to be the most important black women.

Those pesky black women wanting everything.

Such an appalling stupid thing to say. What are they thinking??

CesarSoubreyon · 01/04/2025 07:13

That statement is just going to make everything worse.

Sophie clearly has evidence of wrongdoing going on in the charity and Harry doubling down like this is just going to piss her off. I bet she's got a lot of damaging texts and emails he wouldn't want to be made public, but he's pushing her into a corner.

What a moron. He clearly has no proper staff left if he's wheeling out 'friends' like this to make ridiculous statements.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 01/04/2025 07:14

Holy hell, that interview transcript is something else. It seems like another prime example of H's "my truth".

Profhilodisaster · 01/04/2025 07:16

TheNeedyKhakiPanda · 01/04/2025 07:07

I can't believe he's put out there that Dr Sophie didn't like it that she wasn't the most important woman of colour on the stage 😮

Such a childish thing to say.

Vespanest · 01/04/2025 07:16

So tell me there is no misogynoir when a white bloke or maybe two believes that a highly successful women's motives are down to being not the most successful black woman on the stage. Piece of shit.

TheNeedyKhakiPanda · 01/04/2025 07:16

I'm going to come back to a new thread after work aren't I?

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 01/04/2025 07:16

StrawberryWasp · 01/04/2025 07:13

I agree this is appalling.
It's not Harry's fault for mismanaging the interface between his Sussex brand and his charity.
It's just awkward black women being difficult because she wanted to be the most important black women.

Those pesky black women wanting everything.

Such an appalling stupid thing to say. What are they thinking??

And if they are prepared to spout this in public then what on earth do they say behind closed doors.

TheNeedyKhakiPanda · 01/04/2025 07:18

I thought he was kind Meghan?

Blinkingbonkers · 01/04/2025 07:19

A (very) quick google seems to reveal that Harry’s ‘friend’ is apparently a ‘media strategist’ (with a few failed companies behind him…). The claim that the chair has done this out of jealousy is insane - I think pretty much anyone would rather be Dr Chandauka and have her list of achievements to their name than be MM.

PrettyFlyforaMaiTai · 01/04/2025 07:19

AtIusvue · 01/04/2025 06:28

Harry’s friend. Speaking on behalf of Harry.

If Harry’s thinks it’s a good idea his friend doing this, shows you what a shambles his communications team is. Also, that those around him, prop up the delusions.

Harry is upset and believes it a hostile takeover/conspiracy:

I can reveal that Alex Rayner, an old Etonian school friend of the prince, who went to the North Pole with him in 2012 and has been in contact with him over the weekend, said that Prince Harry is ‘shocked’ by the accusations made against him and ‘grief-stricken’ at the way the saga has unfolded.
‘H is very happy for me to speak for him about how he feels about this awful situation,’ said Rayner. ‘He is just beyond heartbroken and flabbergasted that the charity he founded as a teenager has been taken hostage by the chair. It feels tantamount to a hostile takeover.
‘He is so upset and hurt and wounded about the things that are being said about him. I think it’s too early to tell whether he will just walk away now or whether he might try and get it back.
‘The way he feels is as if he has had one of his fingers cut off.
‘He set up Sentebale with a schoolfriend when the death of his mum was a fresh memory. At the moment he is just in total shock about what is being said and the accusations being made.’

Dr Sophie is jealous of Meghan/ The script:

But Alex Rayner told me: ‘It feels like [Dr Chandauka] had her nose put out of joint because she was not the most important woman of colour on the stage.
‘There is an undercurrent of stink here because Meghan showed up and it is coming from her [Dr Chandauka].’

Polo drama should have been sorted by Dr Sophie/The Script:

Yet Alex Rayner said: ‘The chair should never have let that narrative take hold, that Meghan had caused an issue. ‘If that narrative did take hold, then I would argue it is down to the chair to put it right. They could have issued a statement and put a stop to it but they did not. Why? Again, the whole thing smells. It feels planned, and I suspect that the whole thing could only have come from the chair herself.

‘Any chair should have been delighted to have Meghan there. When you have both the Sussexes there it doubles the reaction, the power of it. And yet here she [Dr Chandauka] is refusing to get hold of a negative narrative which damages Meghan. It makes you wonder where it came from?’

Polo field loss:

Yet Rayner, who set up the annual Polo In The Park matches and has also worked with Harry on Sentebale events, said: ‘If you are a sponsor then of course you would want the exposure from a Netflix documentary, so this whole story seems simply untrue.
‘You cannot say that Harry’s brand is of no consequence to the charity, it simply does not stack up. Yes, he has gone from being the great hope of the British Royal Family to being seen as a pariah, but he still attracts a lot of exposure. And with a TV crew in tow – what sponsor would not want the global exposure?
This sounds like an excuse to cover up an administrative error at the charity. They lost the venue.’

The script:

He went on: ‘Let’s not get blinded by “let’s bash Harry” and by the idea that there were racial undertones in play... the situation is that she has failed to administrate her role. She was asked to step down and she refused and took over the charity.’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14556141/ALISON-BOSHOFF-Grief-stricken-Prince-Harry-feels-like-hes-one-fingers-cut-amid-charity-chaos-friends-reveal-hes-total-shock.html

Edited

Surely that cannot be real? April Fools? 🤷🏼‍♀️

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 01/04/2025 07:20

I just cannot see how any amount of damage control is going to undo this. I think the usual tactic is to scream "fake news" but that won't wash this time because he's explicitly said he has H's backing. I guess H could claim he's lying and lose his friend but he probably can't afford to do that.

Conundrumseverywhere · 01/04/2025 07:21

Profhilodisaster · 01/04/2025 07:16

Such a childish thing to say.

We know where that’s come from don’t we? It’ll be Meghan working the dummy again.

Vespanest · 01/04/2025 07:22

I'm so angry it's actually calling Sophie racist, as if Meghan had been white then she would not mind being "upstaged" as she'd still be the most important woman of colour on the podium.

Lifestooshort71 · 01/04/2025 07:23

Mylovelygreendress · 31/03/2025 21:43

My late mother ( who was known locally as Hyacinth Bucket) only ever watched BBC .

We weren't allowed to watch ITV children's tv in the 50s, only BBC. Might it have corrupted us?

TheNeedyKhakiPanda · 01/04/2025 07:24

Thinking more about what was said, it gives us more insight into exactly why they left TRF, Meghan wasn't going to be the most important person, ever in that family, and she hated it, so they flounced, loads of people said this is the reason.

Profhilodisaster · 01/04/2025 07:24

If you are a sponsor then of course you would want the exposure from a Netflix documentary, so this whole story seems simply untrue

This completely misses the point that if Netflix had turned up at the polo match it would have changed the whole event from a charitable one to a commercial one , which is the reason the venue owners changed the terms and wanted to charge for the use of the polo field.

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