Prince Harry: 'unjust' attack on my charities insults my devotion to good causes

The Duke of Sussex has accused a republican campaign group of having an unjust “attacking agenda” over a complaint about royal charity finances, accusing them of “insulting” the devotion to philanthropy that is at his “very core”. The Duke has authorised his lawyers to write to Republic, after it asked the Charity Commission to look into the transfer of funds between the foundations of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Duke and Duchess of Sussex. In a response issued by Schillings, the Duke’s legal team said the request for investigation included “deeply offensive” and “false” claims, which they describe as “both defamatory and insulting”. The Duke is “deeply committed” to charity work, a spokesman says, calling it his “life’s focus” and explaining: “His devotion to charity is at the very core of the principles he lives by.” Insisting all dealings through his charities are “transparent and above board”, they added: “To suggest otherwise is unequivocally wrong and will be acted upon accordingly with the weight of the law.