Prince Harry sued for defamation by charity he set up in Africa to honor his mother Princess Diana

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Prince Harry and Mark Dyer are being sued for defamation by Sentebale, the charity Harry co-founded in Africa to honor Princess Diana. The lawsuit was filed in London's High Court last month after Harry stepped down as a patron last year. Sentebale alleges a coordinated adverse media campaign since March 2025 has caused operational disruption and reputational harm to the charity, its leadership, and strategic partners. Court records indicate the suit is for either libel or slander, though specific documents are unavailable. Harry and Dyer have rejected the claims as offensive and damaging. This lawsuit places Harry, who has previously been a claimant in privacy suits against tabloids, in the unusual position of defendant.

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Harry co-founded Sentebale about 20 years ago in memory of his mother, Princess Diana.

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Harry and Dyer categorically reject these offensive and damaging claims.

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Sentebale seeks court intervention following a coordinated adverse media campaign since 25 March 2025.

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The lawsuit was filed after Prince Harry stepped down as a patron last year.

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A charity co-founded by Prince Harry, Sentebale, has sued him for defamation.

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Britain's Prince Harry arrives at London's High Court to lead a group accusing the Daily Mail's publisher of privacy invasion through unlawful tactics in a trial that is part of a wider phone hacking scandal in London, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File) 2026-04-10T16:53:04Z London (AP) — A charity co-founded by Prince Harry in Africa to honor his late mother, Princess Diana, has sued him for defamation after he stepped down as a patron last year. Sentebale, which supports young people living with HIV in Botswana and Lesotho, filed suit last month in London’s High Court, according to court records viewed Friday. Online filings show Harry and his friend, Mark Dyer, a former trustee at the charity, are being sued for either libel or slander. No documents were available. “The charity seeks the court’s intervention, protection, and restitution following a coordinated adverse media campaign conducted since 25 March 2025 that has caused operational disruption and reputational harm to the charity, its leadership, and its strategic partners,” Sentebale said Friday in a statement on its website. A spokesperson for Harry and Dyer said the pair “categorically reject these offensive and damaging claims.” The lawsuit puts the Duke of Sussex in an unaccustomed position as a defendant in the High Court. Over the past three years, he has repeatedly been on the other side of litigation as the leading claimant in invasion of privacy suits against Britain’s most prominent tabloids over allegations of phone hacking and unlawful snooping by journalists and the private eyes they hired. Harry co-founded Sentebale , which means “forget me not” in the language of Lesotho, about 20 years ago in memory of his mother, who was a prominent advocate for treatment of HIV and AIDS and helped reduce stigma around the disease. Lesotho" class="entity-link entity-person" data-entity-id="107831" data-entity-type="person">Prince Seeiso of Lesotho was the co-founder. (

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