A charity co-founded by Prince Harry in Africa to honour his late mother, Princess Diana, has reportedly filed a defamation lawsuit against him after he stepped down as its patron last year.
Sentebale, which works with young people living with HIV in Botswana and Lesotho, moved the high court of justice in London last month, according to court records reviewed on Friday by the Associated Press.
Online filings cited in AP report indicate that Harry and his associate Mark Dyer are being sued for either libel or slander, though detailed documents are not publicly available.
The charity claims an alleged media campaign damaged its reputation and disrupted its operations, while a spokesperson for Harry and Dyer said the pair 'categorically reject these offensive and damaging claims'.
The dispute began surfacing in 2023 over disagreements around a new fundraising strategy, and both founders stepped down as patrons in March 2025 in solidarity with trustees who had resigned.
