Prince Harry ought to concern his alleged “offended” message to Sentebale charity head Dr. Sophie Chandauka leaking to the general public, as it could make him appear to be a hypocrite, a number of sources advised Web page Six.
“Harry needs to be nervous about this message popping out, particularly when he has been so outspoken about his spouse being bullied prior to now,” mentioned a charity insider.
The Duke of Sussex, 40, reportedly despatched a heated message to Chandauka after she allegedly refused to defend Meghan Markle following an embarrassing second at a charity polo match in April 2024.
Markle, 43, made headlines when she appeared to cease Chandauka from standing subsequent to Harry as he collected his trophy on the Miami occasion.
The damaging consideration allegedly led to Harry asking the chair of the African charity to problem a public message of help for his spouse.
One charity insider advised us Chanukaka, who this weekend publicly accused Harry of “harassment and bullying at scale,” was shocked to get the “offended” message from Harry. A supply additionally advised the Day by day Telegraph the notice was “disagreeable and imperious.”
A Sentebale rep confirmed they’d the message, telling Web page Six: “That is true. There’s a doc.”
Markle has claimed she was subjected to surprising remedy whereas dwelling behind palace partitions, earlier than she and Harry “give up” the royal household in 2020. However she has additionally been accused of bullying workers whereas nonetheless a working member of the royal household, which sources near her have denied.
“When Megan was accused of being a bully, Harry’s world stopped,” the insider recalled. “He moved heaven and Earth to attempt to shield her. He alienated his household to guard her — and now he’s being accused of the identical factor.”
The insider identified that Markle — who’s busy launching her As Ever life-style vary, attributable to drop this week — has but to talk out in help of her husband.
Markle had not been anticipated on the match, however turned up on the eleventh hour with tennis champ Serena Williams. A supply advised Web page Six that the duchess requested occasion workers to search out her some champagne.
She was not scheduled to be on stage when Harry accepted his trophy, one onlooker advised us, however “she determined to stand up on the final minute.”
“The choreography went badly on stage as a result of we had too many individuals on stage,” Chandauka advised Sky Information’ “Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips.”
Chanukaka was requested twice by Markle to maneuver to her left aspect, away from Harry who insisted on preserving his arm round his spouse. Others due to this fact needed to shuffle round them, with Chandauka pressured to awkwardly duck beneath the trophy.
“The worldwide press captured this, and there was loads of discuss concerning the duchess and the choreography on stage and whether or not she ought to have been there and her remedy of me,” Chandauka advised Phillips.
She claimed the media consideration round it prompted Harry to ask her to problem an announcement of help for the duchess.”I mentioned I wouldn’t. Not as a result of I didn’t care concerning the duchess, however as a result of I knew what would occur if I did so, primary. And quantity two, as a result of we can’t be an extension of the Sussexes,” Chandauka mentioned.
The charity head and Harry had beforehand been so pleasant that she even accompanied him and his BFF, Argentinian polo participant Nacho Figueras, to Singapore for a distinct match in August 2023, whereas Markle had stayed dwelling.
Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho — with whom he based the South African-based charity in honor of their moms, Princess Diana and The Queen Mom Mamohato Bereng Seeiso, in 2006 — resigned from the charity final week after Chanukaka refused to face down as chair.
Chanukaka advised Phllips that Harry approved the discharge of his resignation letter with out informing her or her administrators, unleashing the “Sussex machine” upon her.
Sources near Harry and Seeiso, nonetheless, advised Web page Six they knowledgeable Chanukaka of their departure in a letter on March 10, and didn’t, as she claimed, inform the press first.
Chanukaka has now made a criticism to the UK Charities fee and accused the founders of “misogynoir” — prejudice in opposition to black girls.
A supply near the trustees and patrons advised Web page Six they “totally anticipated this publicity stunt and reached their collective determination with this in thoughts.
“[Harry and Prince Seeiso] stay agency of their resignation, for the nice of the charity, and look ahead to the adjudication of the reality.”
