Dr. Sophie Chandauka slammed Prince Harry’s “poisonous” Sussex model after he stop his position on the Sentebale charity he co-founded.
Throughout a brand new interview with the Monetary Occasions, Dr. Chandauka, who has been chair of Sentebale since 2023, claimed the Duke of Sussex and the charity’s co-founder, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, wished the group to fail.
“The primary danger for this group was the toxicity of its lead patron’s model,” she alleged, including that Harry, 40, and Seeiso wished to “drive a failure after which come to the rescue.”
The Zimbabwean company finance lawyer informed the outlet that she had labored to reform the charity, which has helped younger folks affected by the HIV/AIDS disaster since 2006, by overhauling the group’s tradition, operations and long-term technique and specializing in US fundraising.
Dr. Chandauka, 47, mentioned she gave extra decision-making roles to leaders in southern Africa and moved for the charity to cowl local weather resilience and wealth inequality.
“The best way the group had been arrange in 2006, was not acceptable in 2023 in a post-Black Lives Matter world,” she informed the Monetary Occasions.
“Funders have been asking for domestically led initiatives.”
Dr. Chandauka mentioned friction arose between the UK-based workers and people who labored for the charity within the African international locations of Lesotho and Botswana.
She claimed the board felt “a lack of energy and management and affect … ’Oh my goodness, the Africans are taking on.’”
Regardless of the drama surrounding Harry’s abrupt exit, Dr. Chandauka mentioned Sentebale “will dwell on, with or with out you.”
A supply near trustees and patrons informed Web page Six: “They totally anticipated this publicity stunt and reached their collective choice with this in thoughts. They continue to be agency of their resignation, for the nice of the charity, and look ahead to the adjudication of the reality.”
Web page Six has reached out to Harry’s rep for remark however didn’t instantly hear again.
Earlier this week, Harry, 40, introduced that he was quitting the Sentebale charity that he and Seeiso based in 2006.
“What’s transpired is unthinkable,” the royal and Seeiso defined to the London Occasions in a joint assertion on Wednesday.
“It’s devastating that the connection between the charity’s trustees and the chair of the board broke down past restore,” they added.
Dr. Chandauka claimed “misogynoir” was responsible for why Harry and the board of trustees resigned.
She additionally accused the “Spare” creator of launching a “damaging” assault that led to her allegedly being harassed and bullied.
A supply near the previous trustees of the Sentebale charity alleged to Web page Six Saturday that what Dr. Chandauka described was “utterly baseless.”
