The chairman of a charity co-founded by the Duke of Sussex called his brand “toxic” and claimed that he and several others resigned after the organization resigned earlier this week.
Speaking in the Financial Times, Sophie Chandauka also said she first felt the tension between Prince Harry and herself a year ago.
The duke resigned from the charity Sentebale, nearly 20 years ago, in honor of his mother Diana, to help those who lived in southern Africa in southern Africa after a continuation between the trustee and Dr Chandauka.
BBC News has contacted Sussex and Sentebale for comment.
Prince Harry said he and Lesotho co-founder Seeiso Prince Seeiso resigned because the relationship between the charity’s trustee and Dr. Chandauka was “unrepairable”.
But Dr. Chandaka strongly defended his record record, adding: “The organization’s first risk is the toxicity of its main sponsor brand.”
Dr Chandauka served on Sentebale's board before serving as chairman and accused Prince Harry of hoping to “force failure and then carry out rescue.”
But she told them: “The team has settled and Sentebele will live with or without you.”
Elsewhere, she argued that after Prince Harry moved to the United States, various controversies surrounding Prince Harry affected the charity’s ability to diversify donor pools and employ people.
“When you start interviewing people, they ask questions about this mixed information around the patron,” she said.
She said that a year ago, she first felt the tension between Prince Harry and herself.
She also claimed that Duke’s team asked her to defend her wife Meghan from negative publicity.
“I said no, we didn't set a precedent to make us an extension of the Sussex PR machine,” she said.
In another interview with Sky News, Dr. Chandauka was extremely critical of Prince Harry's resignation.
She said the only reason she spoke out was because the Duke this week “authorized the release of harmful news to the outside world without notifying me or my state director or my executive director”.
“And can you imagine what the attack did to me and 540 people in the Stenebale organization and their family?” she said.
“This is an example of mass harassment and bullying.”
Prince Harry co-founded the charity in 2006 [Getty Images]
Prince Harry founded sentebale in 2006. Charities are very important to him and the huge part of his adult life.
So his decision to leave it with his co-founder Seeiso is very important.
In a joint statement Wednesday, Duke and Prince Seso said they were resigning with “heavy hearts” and “solidarity with the board.”
“It's devastating, and the relationship between the trustees of the charity and the chairman of the board cannot be repaired, which creates an untenable situation,” they said.
They said the trustee was “in the best interest of the charity” and asked Chandauka to resign, but her decision to take legal action to retain her position “more emphasis on the broken relationship”.
They added that they will share their concerns with the charity committee, “how this arises.”
Dr Chandauka said she had “whistled”, including what she called the abuse of power, bullying, sexism and racism.
She said her work at Sentebale was “guided by the principle of fair and fair treatment for all” and she had reported the trustees to the British Charity Council.
The charity itself has confirmed the “reorganization” of its board of directors.
Former trustees Timothy Boucher, Mark Dyer, Audrey Kgosidintsi, Dr. Kelello Lerotholi and Dr. Damian West described their decision as “destructive to all.”
They said they lost trust and confidence in the chairman, but her legal action prevented them from evacuating her, meaning they had no choice but to resign.
The charity committee said it was “aware” about Sentebale’s governance, adding: “We are evaluating the issue of identifying appropriate regulatory steps.”
