Cliff Notes
- The Charity Commission’s verdict highlights shared blame among all parties for the public fallout of the Sentebale dispute, but no clear resolution has been achieved.
- Prince Harry has been cleared of accusations of racism and misogyny, while chair Sophie Chandauka remains in her position, though both sides express ongoing discontent.
- Sentebale now operates under a Regulatory Action Plan, with intensified monitoring from the Charity Commission to restore public trust and ensure compliance.
Spat between Prince Harry and Sentebale chair appears far from over despite Charity Commission’s verdict | UK News
It was the most personal fall out: the vicious war of words and the ‘he said, she said’ of the Sentebale row between chair Sophie Chandauka and Prince Harry really hooking us all in back in April.
But while the Charity Commission has now given everyone involved a significant slap on the wrist for allowing it to play out so publicly, has a line really been drawn under it all? I’m afraid it doesn’t feel like it.
The role of the Charity Commission was to play adjudicator, to try to assess what had fundamentally gone wrong to cause a catastrophic breakdown at the heart of Sentebale, and the collapse of the relationship between the chair, the patrons and the trustees. In the end there has been no outright winner from the regulator’s verdict.
All sides are blamed for airing the dirty laundry of this dispute through statements and interviews in the media, including Ms Chandauka’s interview on Sky News, and ultimately allowing it to “severely” impact “the charity’s reputation” and risking “undermining public trust in charities more generally”.
