Prince Harry has issued a joint statement, announcing his decision to step into his charity, Santabel, which he established with Prince Sisiso about 20 years ago.
The purpose of charity is to support people in Lesotho and Botswana and support people living in poverty and AIDS.
In the statement, Harry and Sisiso described the description of breaking into the relationship between the trustees of the charity and the breaking of the relationship as “unimaginable” and “unstable positions”.
The statement said: “About 20 years ago, we established Santabel in honor of our mothers. Santabel means the local language of Lesotho, ‘not forget-me’ in Sesotho, and this is what we have always promised for those youths that we have served through this donation.”
The statement continued: “Today is no different. With heavy hearts, we have resigned from our roles as the patron of the organization, as long as in support of the next notice and supporting the solidarity with the trustee board, who have to do so.”
This line is focused around the trustee board, Sophie Chandauka’s chair, and is a decision to focus on mass funding in Africa.
As TimesChandauka is sueing the trustees, as he questioned whether he was best kept to presiding over the board.
Princess’s statement said with the departure trustees, “These trustees asked the chair to step down, kept in the best interest of the charity. In turn, he filed a donation to remain in this voluntary position, and underlined the broken relationship.”
This statement concluded: “We thank all the trustees for their service for years and really break up, they have had to follow with this Act. Whatever is transpailed is unimaginable. We are in shock that we have to do this, but we have a constant responsibility for St.Bel’s beneficiaries, so we will share all our concerns with the charity commission.”
The Charity Commission confirmed that an inquiry was going on in concerns about the organization’s rule.
Chandauka has refused to step down, and several board members including Timothy Boucher, Mark Dyer, Audrey Kagosidinti, Kello Lerotholi and Damian West have also resigned as trustees.
A spokesperson to Santabel said that the charity had not received notice of the resignation of Prince Harry or Prince Sisiso, saying that the board’s “rebellion” was “part of Sentabel’s ambitious change agenda”.
The Duke of Sussex visited Africa in 2024 to support the charity and attended a program for charity in New York in December.
