Sentebale is suing Harry for defamation

[QueenOfHertz]

The boot is on the other foot. Hope he knows a good litigation lawyer.

https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/prince-harry-sued-defamation-charity-sentebale-1236714614/

Oh my gosh, for sure !

The date of the letter is conveniently excluded from the publication. The timeline will be interesting to see.

They are really doing a hatchet job on Sophie, can’t wait for the Sentebale receipts, I sincerely hope it doesn’t get settled with a non disclosure agreement, I want the deets.

@arjan- when you say receipts what do you mean? Like financial receipts or is this a legal term?

Slang, sorry !

It means evidence.

So they wanted approval of the new trustees, or they would close it down?

And if they didn't get that then they weren't resigning, although this was a resignation letter?

Very odd

A charity cant operate without trustees and normally the governing documents will state a minimum number, so they were basically saying "we're giving you 10 days to find two new trustees to meet minimum requirements" as if they'd resigned with immediate effect it would have triggered all sorts of CC intervention. I'm assuming the gov documents state that 3 is the minimum.

Yes, but they said trustees that met their approval, not trustees that met legal requirements.

And yes, a charity with no trustees would land in the CC's lap. There would then have to be a process of appointing trustees or closing the charity.

As it was/is a going concern there was no reason to close it.

Yes sorry- I misread it and you're right, and I agree it's v odd.

The date of the letter must be 14 March as they state that the letter is 10 days notice of resignation that will come to pass on 24 March. Also the lawsuit is for nefarious media activities from 25th March.

That letter is blunt, with many claims - not sure if there are any ‘receipts’ - but it must have been legally signed off and includes the whole board putting their names to it. It will be interesting to see if PH claims to SC poor behaviours come after her refusing to use the charity to use the media to correct MMs visible poor behaviours on the podium.

No wonder she reported the board for governance issues! The paragraph about trustee replacements we approve of within 10days reads as a threat, if you don't go we are pulling the pin. It doesn't look good on them as I certainly think that reads like bullying.
The letter would be dated 14th march as 10 days notice of resignation on 24th march. I think she had already whistle blown to CC before that date. Definitely written to stroke harrys ego and waaaay too wordy. 75% of the letter was unnecessary it's just a resignation letter, trustees resign all the time, no rudeness, disparagement or excuses needed. I doesn't look like it was done by a solicitor but someone pretending legalese! Dr Sophie is a lawyer and I bet she laughed her arse off at that letter. You don't get to resign and dictate ongoing procedure. You can resign and offer to stay on until replacements are brought on board but that would be up to the chair, you certainly don't get to dictate who replaces you. I'm surprised it is in public domain as private and confidential, was it in court papers? If not I'm assuming harrys side leaked it and further compounds the media campaign against sentebale, so not very clever.

The paragraph about trustee replacements we approve of within 10days reads as a threat, if you don't go we are pulling the pin. It doesn't look good on them as I certainly think that reads like bullying.

That is exactly how I read it too.

Yes, of course, it would have been around 11th March if they gave 10 working days notice.

it does read s a bullying threat, obviously the ex trustees and the ex patrons ‘leaked’ the letter to further disparage Sophie.

Shows how dumb H&co are. The lawsuit is about a public smear campaign against the charity and this letter is a perfect example of publicly smearing SC and the charity.

Yes, absolutely. Needlessly reminding SC of the reason Sentable was founded and its meaning, who the patrons are, how long the charity has been going etc - SC of course knows all of this, but the public, to whom this was intended to be leaked, may not.

The letter would be dated 14th march as 10 days notice of resignation on 24th march. I think she had already whistle blown to CC before that date.

She referred Sentebale to the Charity Commission on 16th February - page 77 here

Public Interest Disclosure addressing Disinformation

Edit: Archive link for Times story https://archive.is/TRrbN
This is presumably the same letter that SC has previously accused Harry and others of sending to her marked 'Private and Confidential' but simultaneously sending to staff to undermine her.

I wonder which other charity might have been under consideration for transfer of assets?

And have shot themselves in the foot instead!🙄

@bluegreygreen thank you, yes I thought it was earlier than march. Just goes to show they didn't jump but were almost pushed before having to answer questions about the lack of governance and procedures. There is also the 67k spent on legal fees by harry &co without board approval, presumably to push her out, certainly hope it wasn't for that poorly written diatribe of grievance.
Sherborn would sell his granny for a piece of evidence like that in the ANL case 😂😂😂 we deny smearing SC and Sentabale then leak the smear letter! Flouncing AFTER she reported them. What a snake pit.

🤔 ooo let me think, would it be based in Delaware!

And pay yourself out of the charity's bank account at an extortionate rate before you go.

That is exactly what happened.

She was also trying to move the charity in a more professional direction and away from the white-polo-playing-saviour model that suited Harry, and he was resisting this.

Has Prince Seeiso made any statement?

How has this “private and confidential” letter suddenly ended up in The Times?

Surely the publication of this actually supports Sophie’s allegations…

I’m another one thinks this is a poorly drafted letter. It’s masquerading as a legal letter but it’s clearly been written with the intent of other eyes seeing it. Most of it is irrelevant for a trustee resignation letter.

Also, the threads to move Sentabale’s assets to another charity if Trustees aren’t appointed within 10 days is a massive overstep. They showed their hand somewhat there.

Since the copyright of a letter remains with the writer, it will be very surprising if Sophie is the source. I doubt the publication falls within fair use, if the entirety of the letter has been published.

Yes, the letter has been very carefully drafted (by lawyers I guess, - would be interested to know if that’s among the £67,000 billed by Harry to Sentabale’s for legal fees, or separately charged?) to be “leaked” if necessary to set out their side of the story. Although apparently they just sent it to all staff at the time?

It’s worth remembering that Dr Chandauka had by this stage already whistleblown about the governance failings to the Charity Commission, and was legally protected from all attempts at reprisals like a Board meeting convened specifically to sack her - the lawyers advising the Board presumably didn’t mention that to them? No wonder the court granted her an injunction to prevent it. And also just a reminder - the Charity commission held that Sentable was being mismanaged, so her concerns were vindicated.

Board directors working in the financial services sector get banned from it for acting like Sentable’s board did here…

So do we think that PH team leaked their own letter to the media (when did this happen) because they thought it would humiliate SC and push back the legal
process?