The chairwoman of a charity Prince Harry recently stepped down from has made serious allegations against the royal, accusing him of being involved in a “cover-up” of bullying accusations.

Last week, Prince Harry announced his resignation from Sentebale, the charity he co-founded 20 years ago in 2006.

He established Sentebale in Lesotho, a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, in memory of his late mother, Princess Diana, with the goal of supporting children and young people, particularly those affected by HIV and AIDS, alongside Prince Seeiso.

However, both Harry and Seeiso have since resigned from their roles as patrons of the charity following a dispute with the charity’s chairwoman, Dr. Sophie Chandauka, who was asked to step down.

Now, Dr. Chandauka is accusing the “toxic” Duke of Sussex of attempting to cover up bullying allegations.

In an interview with Sky News that aired on Sunday (30 March), Dr. Chandauka expressed her intention to “set the record straight.”

She accused the Duke of Sussex of attempting to cover up her complaints about bullying, harassment, and misogyny within the charity. “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,” she said. “So it’s a cover-up and the prince is involved.”

Dr. Chandauka also spoke to the Financial Times, stating: “The number one risk for this organisation was the toxicity of its lead patron’s brand. When you start to interview people, they’re asking questions about, well, these mixed messages around the patron.”

She stated that tensions within the charity began because the way it was being managed “was no longer appropriate… in a post-Black Lives Matter world,” mentioning that the push for “locally led initiatives” caused friction with staff based in the UK.