Sussex Royal foundation is to be wound up

Sussex Royal foundation is to be wound up as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle prepare to take their campaigning global

  • The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have carried out their final round of royal duties
  • Consultants from Stanford University planning couple’s new non-profit entity
  • Director of Sussexes’ UK foundation has left her post without being replaced  
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will wind down their UK foundation and headquarter their new charitable venture in North America, it was revealed last night.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who carried out their final round of royal duties in Britain last week, are planning the launch of their new non-profit organisation for next month.  

Yet it is feared the announcement scheduled for April could be derailed by the ongoing coronavirus crisis and forced to delay. 

The foundation was already dealt a blow when the Queen refused to allow the couple to use the brand Sussex Royal after they quit the Family.

Harry and Meghan have already jetted back to Canada and are plouging ahead with their new transatlantic life. 

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who carried out their final round of royal duties in Britain last week (pictured at the Commonwealth Day service on March 9), are planning the launch of their new non-profit organisation for next month

Blue sky-thinking consultants from Stanford University have already been instructed to draw up plans for their organisation new in North America, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Harry and Meghan’s intention to forge their new non-profit entity away from British shores was laid bare in the departure of their UK foundation director who was not replaced. 

Natalie Campbell, a former director of Sussex Royal and the sole director of MWX Tradings Ltd which was established to support the foundation, has quit her post, according to Companies House paperwork.

None of the other Sussex Royal directors, which included broadcaster Kirsty Young, have been lined up for leadership positions in the new endeavor, it is believed. 

The Sussexes are yet to flesh out what their new entity will look like, other than outlining it will support their ‘global charitable, campaign and philanthropic work’.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will wind down their UK foundation and headquarter their new charitable venture in North America (pictured in London this month)

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will wind down their UK foundation and headquarter their new charitable venture in North America (pictured in London this month)

After attending the Commonwealth Day service last week (Duchess pictured) Harry and Meghan have already jetted back to Canada and are plouging ahead with their new transatlantic life

After attending the Commonwealth Day service last week (Duchess pictured) Harry and Meghan have already jetted back to Canada and are plouging ahead with their new transatlantic life

Yet Harry did address the project during a prank call with Russian hoaxers, who lured the prince into opening up by pretending to be Greta Thunberg.

In the embarrassing conversation, Harry said: ‘We thought we’d just take a moment and see if there was some form of other organisation or different entity we could create that could bring people together, rather than us just starting a foundation.’  

Earlier this week, it was revealed Harry had been duped into taking the calls from pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov because the former head of his royal foundation inadvertently put them in contact

Lorraine Heggessey unwittingly acted as the bridge between the Duke and the frauds, who posed as Thunberg and her father Svante, by forwarding their message to Harry’s personal email, believing it was genuine.

Las month, it emerged Harry and Meghan had abandoned their bid to trademark the Sussex Royal brand.

Documents filed at the Intellectual Property Office showed a request to use the names Sussex Royal and Sussex Royal Foundation for commercial and charity activities in the UK had been removed. 

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