Now, chair of the company, Zimbabwe-born lawyer Dr Sophie Chandauka, has claimed the "origin of the dispute" with Prince Harry ignited after she refused a request by the Duke of Sussex's team to publicly defend his wife Meghan Markle following negative media coverage.

Meghan Markle’s awkward, “rude” photo op last April with Sophie Chandauka, the embattled chairwoman of Prince Harry’s African charity Sentebale, is likely to get a new look in light of Harry’s extraordinary announcement this week that he was stepping down from the organization he co-founded amid an increasingly bitter conflict over Chandauka’s leadership.