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GOSSIP & RUMORS: Meghan Markle awkward exchange with Africa charity head resurfaces

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The past has come back to haunt Meghan Markle.

The Duchess of Sussex’s awkward exchange with Dr. Sophie Chandauka, chairwoman of the Sentebale charity, has resurfaced following Chandauka’s “bullying” claims about Prince Harry.

Dr. Sophie Chandauka at the Royal Salute Polo Challenge in Florida in April 2024. Getty Images for Sentebale

In April 2024, the trio took a photo together celebrating Harry’s polo team’s win at the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington, Florida. But after Chandauka stood next to Harry, 40, his wife asked Chandauka to move next to her instead.

“Do you want to come over here?” Markle, 43, could be heard asking Chandauka.

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Dr. Sophie Chandauka at the polo event last year. PA Images via Getty Images
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Dr. Sophie Chandauka in a group photo at the Royal Salute Polo Challenge. PA Images via Getty Images

Chandauka then had to awkwardly duck under the trophy that the group was holding in order to switch placements in the picture.

During her new bombshell interview with Sky News, Chandauka addressed her viral exchange with Markle, who showed up to the event allegedly unannounced with her pal Serena Williams.

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry at the Royal Salute Polo Challenge. PA Images via Getty Images

“The choreography went badly on stage, because we had too many people on stage,” Chandauka explained. “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.”

“Prince Harry asked me to issue some sort of a statement in support of the Duchess, and I said I wouldn’t,” Chandauka claimed. “Not because I didn’t care about the Duchess, but because I knew what would happen if I did so, number one. And number two, because we cannot be an extension of the Sussexes.”



Prince Harry, Meghan Markle kiss at the Royal Salute Polo Challenge. PA Images via Getty Images

Chandauka said that, if she had spoke out in defense of Markle, the “Suits” alum would’ve experienced “worse trolling.”

The Post has reached out to Harry and Markle’s reps for comment.

Dr. Sophie Chandauka at a panel at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Miami in April 2024. Getty Images for Sentebale

Chandauka planned the Royal Salute Polo Challenge as chairwoman of Sentebale, which Harry co-founded in 2006 to help young people affected by AIDs in southern Africa. The exiled royal sensationally quit the charity last week.

Speaking to Sky News, Chandauka alleged that they had to switch venues for the Florida event because Harry wanted to bring the Netflix cameras to film his “Polo” series. Chandauka said they faced more issues when Markle and Williams, 43, made a last-minute appearance.

Nacho Figueras, Dr. Sophie Chandauka, Chair of Sentebale, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Richard Miller, CEO, Sentebale at the Royal Salute Polo Challenge. Getty Images for Sentebale
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in a group photo at the Royal Salute Polo Challenge. Getty Images for Sentebale

“The duchess decided to attend, but she told us she wasn’t attending, and she brought a friend, a very famous friend,” Chandauka said. “We would have been really excited had we known ahead of time, but we didn’t.”

Elsewhere during the interview, Chandauka accused Harry of “harassment and bullying.” She alleged the Duke of Sussex tried to “eject” her from Sentebale and claimed Harry was the “number one risk” to the charity.

Prince Harry and Dr. Sophie Chandauka at the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup in Singapore in Aug. 2023. Getty Images for Sentebale

Chandauka’s claims were branded as “completely baseless” by a source close to the former Sentebale charity’s trustees, Sky News reported.



The ex-trustees “fully expected this publicity stunt and reached their collective decision with this in mind,” the source added. “They remain firm in their resignation, for the good of the charity, and look forward to the adjudication of the truth.”

Prince Harry and Dr. Sophie Chandauk attend a Sentebale reception and panel discussion in South Africa in October 2024. Getty Images for Sentebale

Princes Harry and fellow Sentebale co-founder Prince Seeiso of Lesotho announced their exits from the charity on Tuesday. In their joint statement, they accused Chandauka of creating an “untenable situation” at the charity.

“The relationship between the charity’s trustees and the chair of the board broke down beyond repair, creating an untenable situation,” the statement read.

Chandauka has been chairwoman of Sentebale since 2023.



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