THE head of a charity founded by the Duke of Sussex has accused him of trying to eject her through bullying and harassment.

Harry Windsor announced on Tuesday that he and several trustees had quit Sentebale, the charity he set up with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006, amid a boardroom battle within the organisation.

But Sophie Chandauka, the chairwoman of Sentebale since 2023, has accused the duke of being involved in a cover-up of a probe into bullying, harassment and misogyny at the organisation and said the toxicity of his brand had affected the charity.

She said that public sentiment around Mr Windsor since his move to the US, the release of a  Netflix documentary about his relationship with the Duchess of Sussex and his autobiography Spare had hit the charity’s ability to reach new donors and hire senior staff.

Dr Chandauka told Sky News today: “What Prince Harry wanted to do was to eject me from the organisation and this went on for months. It went on for months through bullying, harassment.”

Asked about reports that trustees had lost confidence in her leadership and whether she was “the problem” rather than Mr Windsor, Dr Chandauka said: “It was me who was the problem — because I put a whistleblower complaint about the bullying, the harassment and the misogyny, and Prince Harry interfered in the investigation of that.

“And the senior independent director, who should have taken care of it, was the very same person who then delivered the news to me that I was going to be removed by the board.

“So it’s a cover-up, and the prince is involved.”

Ms Chandauka also criticised the manner of Harry’s resignation, saying his decision to publicly release the news before informing her amounted to “harassment and bullying at scale.”

In a separate interview with the Financial Times, Ms Chandauka defended her record at the charity and claimed she had experienced “disrespect, bullying and intimidation” and “misogyny and misogynoir” in her role.

According to the Times newspaper, the dispute arose around a decision to focus fundraising in Africa.

The Charity Commission said it was “aware of concerns about the governance” of Sentebale. “We are assessing the issues to determine the appropriate regulatory steps.” 

Mr Windsor was approached for comment.