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Final week, we reported on the information that Prince Harry has stepped down from Sentebale, a charitable group that he co-founded in 2006.
It was clear on the time that Harry had clashed with Sentebale CEO Sophie Chandauka.
Among the particulars of the battle stay mysterious, however the image is coming into clearer focus day by day.
Sophie allegedly clashed with Meghan Markle at a photo-op
In accordance with a brand new report from Page Six, the difficulty started when Meghan began “barking orders for [Sophie] to face elsewhere in a photo-op.”
Meghan made a shock look on the Royal Salute Polo Problem in Wellington, Florida final summer season, and Chandauka was pressured to shuffle round to let her into a bunch photograph.
In actuality, Meghan didn’t “bark orders.” She merely requested Sophie, “You need to come over right here?” Nonetheless the awkward clip shortly went viral.
“We’d have been actually excited had we identified forward of time [Meghan was coming], however we didn’t,” Sophie mentioned in a brand new interview with Sky News.
“And so the choreography went badly on stage as a result of we had too many individuals on stage,” she defined.
“The worldwide press captured this, and there was numerous speak in regards to the Duchess and the choreography on stage and whether or not she ought to have been there and her remedy of me.”
Sophie says that Harry requested her to subject an announcement “in help” of Meghan amid the controversy. She refused.
“Not as a result of I didn’t care in regards to the Duchess, however as a result of I knew what would occur if I did so, primary,” she defined. “And quantity two, as a result of we can’t be an extension of the Sussexes.”
Sophie claims that Harry then despatched her a fair harsher word, during which he requested her to “clarify herself.”
“I knew what would occur if I did so, primary. And quantity two, as a result of we can’t be an extension of the Sussexes,” she mentioned, happening to accuse Harry of “harassment and bullying.”
In accordance with royal professional Richard Fitzwilliams, that incident was the start of the tip for Sentebale.
In a brand new interview with the Daily Mail, Fitzwilliams claims that “the ferocious feud that has cut up Sentebale” might be “a bitter blow to [Harry].”
Harry introduced his departure from Sentebale final week in a sternly worded assertion.
“What’s transpired is unthinkable,” he wrote. “It’s devastating that the connection between the charity’s trustees and the chair of the board broke down past restore.”
Evidently, it appears like there’s extra drama to come back from this case.
