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Last 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.
Some of the small print of the battle stay mysterious, however the image is coming into clearer focus daily.
Sophie allegedly clashed with Meghan Markle at a photo-op
According to a brand new report from Page Six, the difficulty started when Meghan began “barking orders for [Sophie] to stand elsewhere in a photo-op.”
Meghan made a shock look on the Royal Salute Polo Challenge in Wellington, Florida final summer season, and Chandauka was pressured to shuffle round to let her into a gaggle photograph.
In actuality, Meghan didn’t “bark orders.” She merely requested Sophie, “You want to come over here?” Still the awkward clip rapidly went viral.
“We would have been really excited had we known ahead of time [Meghan was coming], but we didn’t,” Sophie stated in a brand new interview with Sky News.
“And so the choreography went badly on stage because we had too many people on stage,” she defined.
“The international press captured this, and there was a lot of talk about the Duchess and the choreography on stage and whether she should have been there and her treatment of me.”
Sophie says that Harry requested her to concern a press release “in support” of Meghan amid the controversy. She refused.
“Not because I didn’t care about the Duchess, but because I knew what would happen if I did so, number one,” she defined. “And number two, because we cannot be an extension of the Sussexes.”
Sophie claims that Harry then despatched her a good harsher observe, by which he requested her to “explain herself.”
“I knew what would happen if I did so, number one. And number two, because we cannot be an extension of the Sussexes,” she stated, happening to accuse Harry of “harassment and bullying.”
According to 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 split Sentebale” will likely 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 is devastating that the relationship between the charity’s trustees and the chair of the board broke down beyond repair.”
Needless to say, it feels like there’s extra drama to come back from this case.