Prince Harry’s former charity Sentebale cuts UK workers to only one employer after bitter row
Sentebale, the African charity Prince Harry had co-founded with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006, has sensationally dismissed all however one in all its UK staffers following a bitter, high-profile row with the duke.
The group, which the Duke of Sussex had kick-started in honor of his late mom, Princess Diana, is claimed to be grappling with monetary woes behind the scenes, prompting the main staffing modifications.
Earlier this month, the Charity Fee for England and Wales introduced that it found no proof of “widespread or systemic bullying, harassment, misogyny or misogynoir” on the group.
Whereas the probe discovered no “overreach” by Harry or the chair, Dr. Sophie Chandauka, it criticized each events for permitting the dispute “to play out publicly.”
The bitter battle prompted a mass exodus on the group — with widespread resignations going down throughout the board, The Publish can affirm.
The charity has confirmed that just one full-time worker stays at its UK headquarters following the layoffs, including {that a} whole of seven departures will probably be going down between April and September.
A redundancy discover indicated the group “doesn’t have” donor funding and was getting into “retrenchment,” the Occasions of London studies.
Amongst these dismissed was the charity’s international head of finance and compliance.
The group has since claimed that the layoffs have been a part of a “international restructuring” plan that had been mentioned in early 2024 and introduced in December.
“Enhance efficiencies, transition senior government roles to Southern Africa and to reply to altering service supply calls for,” the charity stated in an announcement.
They stated the restructuring was prompted by “growing uncertainty referring to worldwide donor funding particularly (e.g. USAID) and uncertainty referring to occasions resembling polo.”
“It’s price noting that the narrative being created with reference to departures is solely deceptive,” the group added.
The staffing modifications come after it emerged that the Mamohato Youngsters’s Centre in Lesotho — which sorted greater than 700 kids annually — had been “successfully mothballed.”
Staffers have been requested to save cash by working from residence, the Occasions of London added.
“The principle factor we’re all ready for are the accounts,” a supply informed the outlet, including that the group apparently informed its staff that its $1.9 million price range, which had been gathered over 20 years, had been totally spent.
“There have been plenty of redundancies, there’s been individuals who have been let go, plenty of churn and folks have left,” the insider added.
The Publish has reached out to Sentebale for remark.
The “Spare” writer, 40, sensationally left his function as patron on the African charity again in March following an inner dispute with Chandauka.
In an extra twist to the drama, Sentebale referred to as on the Charity Fee to present readability about its latest probe.
The group requested the investigating physique to make it clear that its report didn’t particularly look into accusations of racism and misogyny directed on the duke, who stop royal life in 2020.
The Invictus Video games founder’s reps have since confirmed to The Publish that he’s weighing out his choices and prospects following his bitter departure from the group.
