{"id":47007,"date":"2025-08-06T04:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/47007\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T04:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:53:09","slug":"prince-harry-cleared-of-bullying-sentebale-boss-sophie-chandauku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/47007\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry cleared of bullying Sentebale boss Sophie Chandauku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Prince Harry has been cleared of bullying following a dispute with an African charity he founded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The charity, Sentebale, was at the centre of a boardroom dispute in late March and April when its chair, <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-03-31\/prince-harry-sentebale-charity-sophie-chandauka\/105116040\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/105116040\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie Chandauka, publicly accused Prince Harry of &#8220;bullying&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Days earlier, Harry and co-founder Prince Seeiso of Lesotho announced they were resigning from the charity they established in 2006 after the trustees quit when Ms Chandauka refused their demand to step down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Harry launched the charity in honour of his mother, Princess Diana, to help young people with HIV and AIDS in Lesotho and later Botswana.<\/p>\n<p>Charity given plan to address governance weakness<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Harry posing for a photo alongside Sentebale chair Sophie Chandauka and others\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9bda358e7b90f7d12be538b0ec147b57\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Prince Harry (second from right) was criticised for bringing a camera crew to a polo benefit.\u00a0 (Reuters: Marco Bello)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">After a months-long inquiry, the UK-based Charity Commission &#8220;found no evidence of widespread or systemic bullying or harassment, including misogyny or misogynoir at the charity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In its conclusions published on Wednesday, it &#8220;criticised all parties to the dispute for allowing it to play out publicly&#8221;, saying it had &#8220;severely impacted the charity&#8217;s reputation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The commission added there was &#8220;a lack of clarity in delegations&#8221; and this led to &#8220;mismanagement in the administration of the charity&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">It issued the charity with a plan to &#8220;address governance weaknesses&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Pair urged not to lose sight of charity<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sentebale chair Sophie Chandauka being interviewed on Sky News\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/df068e6a71a3082b641deb62fef1a7cb\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Sophie Chandauka voiced her concerns in an interview on Sky News in March.\u00a0 (Sky News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Prince Harry said in a statement an April that the events were &#8220;heartbreaking to witness, especially when such blatant lies hurt those who have invested decades in this shared goal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Ms Chandauka accused the Duke of Sussex of trying to force her out through &#8220;bullying [and] harassment&#8221; in an interview with Sky News.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-03-31\/prince-harry-sentebale-charity-sophie-chandauka\/105116040\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What happens next for Prince Harry&#8217;s charity?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The Duke of Sussex has been accused of &#8220;harassment and bullying at scale&#8221; by the chair of a charity he founded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">In one of her examples, Ms Chandauka criticised the prince for bringing a Netflix camera crew to the charity&#8217;s polo fundraiser last year and for his wife Meghan&#8217;s\u00a0unplanned appearance at the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The accusations were a fresh blow for the prince, who kept up only a handful of his private patronages, including with Sentebale after a dramatic split with the royal family in 2020, leaving the UK to live in North America with his wife and children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">&#8220;Moving forward, I urge all parties not to lose sight of those who rely on the charity&#8217;s services,&#8221; the commission&#8217;s chief executive David Holdsworth said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Prince Harry chose the name Sentebale as a tribute to Diana, who died in a Paris car crash in 1997 when the prince was just 12. It means &#8220;forget me not&#8221; in the Sesotho language and is also used to say goodbye.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry has been cleared of bullying following a dispute with an African charity he founded. 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