Sentebale sues Prince Harry and Mark Dyer for defamation

Earlier right this moment, I wrote about how left-behind Windsors are shedding their minds over the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s journey to Australia, which begins subsequent week. I talked about it, and sure, I quote myself: “I additionally suppose we’re most likely going to have a giant anti-Sussex story within the Sunday papers this weekend. Perhaps they’re going to return to that outdated chestnut, the fakakta bullying allegations.” Properly, I used to be sort of proper. I get half credit score. As an alternative of ready for the Sunday papers, sure folks deliberate one thing very particular to attempt to derail the journey to Australia. Sentebale – that’s Sentebale CEO Sophie Chandauka – is suing Prince Harry and Mark Dyer for defamation. The criticism was filed final month, but it surely solely turned public right this moment. Let the video games start.

A charity co-founded by Prince Harry in honor of his late mom Princess Diana, whom he left following a high-profile dispute, is suing the British royal for defamation within the Excessive Court docket in London, in keeping with court docket information launched Friday.

Harry, the youngest son of King Charles, co-founded Sentebale in 2006 to assist younger folks with HIV and Aids in Lesotho and Botswana, however resigned as patron in March 2025 after a public row with its board chairwoman, Sophie Chandauka.

Based on a report launched on Friday, Sentebale filed a defamation declare final month within the Excessive Court docket in opposition to Harry and certainly one of his shut buddies, Mark Dyer, who was additionally a trustee of the charity.

There have been no particulars about what the lawsuit was about. Neither Harry’s spokesperson nor the charity instantly responded to a request for remark.

The charity’s co-founder, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, and the board of administrators joined Harry in leaving Sentebale, which he helped create 9 years after Diana was killed in a automotive crash in Paris and which suggests “overlook me not” within the native language of Lesotho in southern Africa.

The 41-year-old prince described the breakdown of the connection with Chandauka as devastating, whereas she reported him and the trustees to the UK’s charities regulator over allegations of bullying and harassment.

After a evaluation, the Charity Fee stated it discovered no proof of bullying, however stated there had been poor governance and criticized all events for permitting an inner battle to change into public.

[From Reuters]

The humorous factor is that for the previous yr I’ve wished Harry to take authorized motion in opposition to Chandauka. What she stated about Harry and Meghan particularly was silly and slanderous, notably the official quotes she gave to the Monetary Instances and her on-camera interview with Sky Information final yr. Her story has modified a number of instances and he or she appears grotesquely obsessive about Harry and Meghan. By the best way, I’ve no proof of this, however I’ve believed for a while that Chandauka is utilized by folks linked to Prince William, together with Iain Rawlinson. The timing of this trial confirms that, don’t you suppose? Regardless, I am actually glad this example goes to court docket as a result of I completely consider Harry has loads of proof in opposition to her.

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