Days after Prince Harry stepped back from the charity he founded in honor of his mother, the Duke of Sussex is being called out by an executive of the charity.
Harry, 40, established the Sentebale foundation in 2006 alongside Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, 58, to support children and young people in South Africa affected by HIV/AIDS.
Sentebale means "forget me not" in the Sesotho language. Harry and Seeiso launched the organization in honor of their respective late mothers, Princess Diana and Queen Mamohato Bereng Seeiso.
Prince Harry, Prince Seeiso, and their fellow trustees resigned on March 25, claiming his relationship with chairwoman Dr. Sophie Chandauka, was "broke down beyond repair, creating an untenable situation."
Chandauka is the same woman that the former Meghan Markle instructed not to stand to next her husband during a photo-op last year.
The Zimbabwe-born lawyer suggested the organization was just a "vanity project" for the duke and duchess and hinted at malicious behavior taking place behind the scenes.
"There are people in this world who behave as though they are above the law and mistreat people, and then play the victim card and use the very press they disdain to harm people who have the courage to challenge their conduct," Chandauka said in a statement to the London Times.
She added, "Well, because beneath all the victim narrative and fiction that has been syndicated to press is the story of a woman who dared to blow the whistle about issues of poor governance, weak executive management, abuse of power, bullying, harassment, misogyny, misogynoir, and the cover-up that ensued. I could be anyone."
Page Six readers voiced their thoughts on the ongoing public feud between Chandauka and Prince Harry. Some people rallied against the member of the British royal family on behalf of Chandauka.
One person wrote, "I certainly don't know the true story, but I wonder why the founder of a charity in honor of his mother would step down, and not fight to correct the problem?"
In response, another commenter theorized, "That's the million dollar question, isn't it. I suspect she's got the goods on Harry and the other trustees here, and they are walking away as fast as they can."
This was not the first time Chandauka made international news for her apparent contentious association with the royal family.
In April 2024, photos and video clips from a Sentebale benefit event at the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington, Florida, put Markle, 43, in the hot seat.
Members of Harry's polo team won the Royal Salute Polo Challenge charity match at the function and joined together to pose for a photo.
At one point, it appeared Markle directed Chandauka and another woman to stand to the left of her and not to Harry's right side.
Footage of that awkward moment in Florida involving Markle, Harry, and Chandauka went viral as online critics called the interaction "cringe." Page Six readers brought up that exchange while reacting to Chandauka speaking out about the mass Sentebale resignations.
"I believe Chandauka, and when I saw that Markle did not want her in a picture, that is all that I needed to know," a Meghan detractor wrote, with one replier stating, "Yeah, that looked embarrassing for Chandauka to be ordered around like that."
Another suggested, "I'm not sure that Meghan Markle's telling Sophie where to stand for the picture says anything about Harry's relationship with Sophie. Markle always arranges people for pictures (and puts herself in the middle). We've seen it many times. I think it's her father's influence. He was a very successful lighting director on the biggest television monster hits of the time and also knew about photography. I think he passed this knowledge of photography and cameras on to her and she uses it to arrange everyone for photos."
The Duke of Sussex and the Principal Chief of Matsieng released a joint statement following their departure from Sentebale. They claimed to be "heartbroken" and "in shock" over the "unthinkable" developments.
"These trustees acted in the best interest of the charity in asking the chair to step down, while keeping the wellbeing of staff in mind. In turn, she sued the charity to remain in this voluntary position, further underscoring the broken relationship," Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso stated.
Chandauka reported Sentebale's trustees to the United Kingdom's Charity Commission and filed papers in a British court to block her removal from the organization. Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso said they plan to share their concerns about Sentebale with the Charity Commission as well.