Legal action follows fallout with Sentebale chair after Duke of Sussex’s resignation as patron
The Duke of Sussex is being sued by Sentebale in the latest twist in the bitter fallout over the African charity he co-founded.
Papers have been lodged in London’s high court by the charity over defamation claims naming Prince Harry and former Sentebale trustee Mark Dyer as defendants.
The prince had been engaged in a public war of words with the charity’s chair, Dr Sophie Chandauka, after his resignation as a patron last year.
Sentebale works with children and young people in southern Africa. Harry and the co-founder, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, stepped down in March 2025, and trustees later quit over a dispute with Chandauka, a lawyer appointed in 2023.
