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Modern Family star Ariel Winter, 27, reveals she was abused as a child in Hollywood which caused 'trauma'

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Published: 15:31, 10 July 2025 | Updated: 16:44, 10 July 2025

Ariel Winter was abused as a child when working in Hollywood.  The 27-year-old actress who played Alex Dunphy on ABC's hit series Modern Family was approached by older men, she tells DailyMail.com. 

'I am familiar with male predators because I worked in Hollywood at a young age, I started at age four,' said the star who is appearing in the new true crime docuseries on YouTube called SOSA Undercover. 

'I don’t wanna say too much about it, but by the time I was on a laptop and cell phone, I was getting inappropriate messages from older men, and it caused trauma.'

And she has gotten professional help to deal with the painful scars.   'The experiences I had in person and online as a child have affected me so deeply that I’ve had to go to therapy for it. The movie and TV industry is a dark place.'

She also addressed the relentless scrutiny over her body which had a profound affect on her mental health. 'Having my figure written about was a major part of my teenage years,' she said.

Sometimes Winter was called fat. 'It was just everywhere. It was every headline I read about myself,' Winter recalled. 'I mean, I was 14.'

Winter, who was navigating going through puberty in the spotlight, explained that at the time she 'was on an antidepressant in high school that caused' her 'to gain 30 lbs.'

'My mental health was my top priority,' she said.

She then had her prescription altered.  Winter said she 'happened to lose all that weight' but there was backlash for that too as she was accused of being 'way too skinny. It was hard to be torn down constantly,' the star pointed out.

Then she learned to 'love' herself no matter what. After moving out of her hometown in Los Angeles things changed.  'I went on a journey of self-healing,' Winter said. 'I was healing. I've got great people around me.'

She also said kids are in the future: 'I want to have a family so I needed to heal those old wounds.'

Winter and her boyfriend Luke Benward moved out the state in 2020 for a quieter life.  'I just left the city of LA because I wanted something new,' she said.

'I am definitely happy living out side of Los Angeles. There was a lot of history I was happy to get away from. It's nice to have space, a bigger yard, more privacy, and be a normal person. It's been super great.'

Ariel dressed up as a blonde 12-year-old to nab a high-risk predator.

The Hollywood veteran became a part of undercover operations for the nonprofit SOSA Safe from Online Sex Abuse for a true crime docuseries on YouTube called SOSA Undercover.  Ariel dressed up as a 12-year-old decoy in an Oklahoma City sting operation. Driven by her own experiences, the mission is personal.  'It's definitely cathartic to be teaming with SOSA, knowing that I can make a difference,' Winter told DailyMail.com.

'It can be scary at times pretending to be 12 and taking to older men, but it's validating to put away predators that have been harming children.  Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've been the girl we are trying to save. It's vital to me to help protect young women from the experiences I endured in my own life.'

The ubiquity of online predators in photo-sharing apps, gaming platforms and social media renders today's teens more vulnerable than ever. SOSA partners directly with law enforcement to identify and arrest child predators.  Winter told DailyMail.com that it was a lot of hard work finding and catching predators.  'Finding someone is hard because they don’t use their real name or handle and we have to do research into who these people are,' she told DailyMail.com. 'You see a lot of dark things when you start investigating who is after pre-teen girls.  I was surprised by the volume how many men were out there looking to talk to young girls who were 12 and under. It’s hundreds of thousands of men.  These men also look like normal, nice guys they don’t look like predators. They look like the guy next-door and they’re usually married and have children. The men seem nice they have dogs they show you pictures of their dogs. They talk about their everyday life and they seem like sweet men. But the truth is they want to spend time with a 12-year-old girl, they ask inappropriate questions and want to know if parents are around.  One guy was almost 40-years-old and he wanted to take an 11-year-old girl shopping for a new bra. That’s not normal. It’s not good.'

Ariel also said it was 'wild' to see that the age men were attracted to was 12 to 14.  'This whole experience has been heartbreaking because I think of how young these girls are and they’re being approached by so much older men,' Winter added.

And she feels bad for the young girls who go online to find a friend.  'Kids look for online relationship because they’re lonely or bored and then they find a male and think that they can connect to them, no realizing they are older and predators with bad intentions,' said Winter.

'I like working with SOSA because it’s women helping women and I’ll do it as long as I can.'

Roo added, 'Ariel is boosting our platform and it means so much to us because we have only five full-time employees and we have a smaller budget than most libraries.'

Ariel is getting the word out about SOSA: 'She has been amazing. She will do anything to help us. She helps take out the trash and she’ll eat cold cheeseburgers with us,' said Roo.

In 2023, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children reported over 36.2 million cases of suspected child sexual exploitation a 12% increase from the previous year.  Despite dedicated ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) task forces, most local agencies lack the capacity to pose as minors and predators are getting smarter, constantly looking for proof that the teens they target are real.   SOSA's experienced team creates realistic backstories and environments including a fully staged 'decoy house' allowing their minor personas to respond to predators on video calls, build trust, and provide law enforcement with the critical evidence needed to secure arrests.  SOSA's impact extends beyond law enforcement they have a highly engaged audience of over 1M followers on Instagram (@sosatogether) and TikTok (@sosatogether), where they raise awareness, share insights and educational resources, as well as behind-the-scenes content to empower parents and teens.  SOSA UNDERCOVER premiered last month on YouTube. Join over 100,000 early subscribers for real-time updates and new episodes every two weeks. Free access is available, but for just $5.99/month, you'll unlock uncensored full episodes, exclusive bonus content, and an ad-free experience all in one place. Subscribe now on YouTube.  SOSA Undercover is a true crime docuseries that follows the high-stakes undercover investigations of SOSA (Safe from Online Sex Abuse) as they work directly with law enforcement to track and apprehend online predators.  Unlike self-proclaimed 'predator hunters,' SOSA operates strictly within legal guidelines, partnering with ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) law enforcement officers and district attorneys to ensure their collected evidence is fully prosecutable.  In addition to documentary-style episodes covering real cases, SOSA Undercover will share educational content and behind-the-scenes extras, including livestreams with the team, deleted scenes, and more.

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Fresh clues in mystery of Amelia Earhart point to plane crash near small island: 'Very strong evidence'

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By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 17:04, 3 July 2025 | Updated: 17:17, 3 July 2025

It is a mystery that has captivated the world for 88 years, and now scientists believe they have finally found Amelia Earhart’s doomed plane.   Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan vanished while attempting to fly around the world on July 2, 1937, sparking decades of failed searches and countless theories.  A team from Purdue University claims they have located the Lockheed Model 10-E Electra plane off the coast of a small, remote and inhospitable island lagoon of Nikumaroro in Kiribati, nearly 1,000 miles from Fiji.  Their theory is based on satellite imagery showing an unusual object on the ocean floor just feet from the shoreline, combined with artifacts, historical records, human remains and eyewitness testimony.  Researchers said the size and composition of the object are an almost exact match for Earhart’s plane, and they are planning an expedition to the island this November to investigate further.  Nikumaroro also sits near Earhart’s intended flight path, and almost exactly where four of her distress calls were traced, providing even more compelling evidence  Richard Pettigrew, executive director Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI), which is joining the hunt, said: 'What we have here is maybe the greatest opportunity ever to finally close the case.  With such a great amount of very strong evidence, we feel we have no choice but to move forward and hopefully return with proof.'

Earhart took to the sky on June 1, 1937, hoping to become the first female aviator to fly around the world.   She and Noonan departed from Oakland, California, flew to Miami, continued down to South America, crossed the Atlantic to Africa and then headed east through India and South Asia.   A few weeks later, they left Lae in Papua New Guinea with plans to stop on Howland Island on July 2 to refuel. But somewhere over the Pacific, they lost radio contact and were never seen or heard from again.  Their disappearance sparked one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time, leading to countless theories, from crashing at sea to becoming castaways on a remote island, or even being captured by the Japanese.  Now, researchers believe they may finally have a lead, an underwater anomaly known as the Taraia Object, and they are building a compelling case.  Among the strongest pieces of evidence are radio bearings from Earhart's distress transmissions, recorded by the US Navy, Coast Guard, and Pan American World Airways, which all converge near Nikumaroro.  A 2017 forensic analysis of human bones discovered on the island in 1940 found that the dimensions matched Earhart's bone lengths more closely than 99 percent of the population, strongly suggesting they may have belonged to her.  Researchers have also cited period-specific artifacts found on the island,  including a woman's shoe, a compact case, a jar of freckle cream, and a medicine vial, all dating to the 1930s.  Another clue is the Bevington Object, a photographic anomaly captured just three months after Earhart's disappearance that appears to show part of the Electra's landing gear on the Nikumaroro reef.  The most recent clue fueling the theory is a 2020 satellite image of the object, showing it has remained in the same spot in the island's lagoon since at least 1938.  ALI joined the hunt that same year after a private citizen, Michael Ashmore, noticed the object while studying 2015 Apple Maps imagery of the island.  That discovery prompted the team to gather 26 additional satellite images from 2009 to 2021, along with three more from Google Earth covering 2022 through 2024.  'This object in the satellite images is exactly the right size to represent the fuselage and tail of the Electra,' ALI said in a statement.

'It also appears to be very reflective and is likely to be metallic.'

The new mission, named the Taraia Object Expedition, will be carried out in three phases over several years.  The first phase involves an on-site examination of Nikumaroro, the second will include a full-scale archaeological excavation and the final phase aims to recover the suspected aircraft remains.  'We believe that the result of this Phase-1 field examination will probably be the confirmation that the Taraia Object is indeed the Lockheed Electra aircraft,' the team shared.

'This work, then, is likely to solve one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.'

This expedition follows several past efforts to crack the case, including a high-profile mission in 2019 by famed ocean explorer Robert Ballard, supported by National Geographic.  Ballard conducted a systematic search of the deep waters around Nikumaroro but found no trace of the aircraft.  However, current researchers said that outcomes do not rule out their theory.  'The plane ending up in the deep water is not actually a likely scenario, given what we know about the prevailing winds and currents along the northwestern edge of the island,' they explained.

In 2017, the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) also investigated the island, deploying search dogs that detected the scent of human remains. But once again, no physical evidence was recovered.  Earhart's connection to Purdue University adds another dimension to the search. Before the flight, she was hired by the university to advise women on career opportunities.  'About nine decades ago, Amelia Earhart was recruited to Purdue,' said current Purdue president Mung Chiang. 'The university president later worked with her to prepare an aircraft for her historic flight around the world.'

Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on July 24, 1897. Her father was a railroad lawyer, but later suffered from alcoholism and the family often struggled for money.  They moved often, but Earhart completed high school and then started at the Ogontz School in Pennsylvania. She left junior college early to become a nurse's aide in Toronto after visiting her sister in Canada and deciding to care for soldiers wounded in World War I.  After the war, she started a premed program at Columbia but quit when her parents insisted she move back home to live with them in California.  That was where she took her first flight in 1920, as a passenger with veteran flyer Frank Hawks. She was immediately entranced, saying: 'As soon as I left the ground, I knew I had to fly.'

She started lessons paying for them through her work as a telephone company clerk, and then bought her first plane in 1921, a Kinner Airster.  Earhart set her first record just two years after she flew for the first time and before she even had her official pilot's license. In 1922, she became the first woman to fly at 14,000 feet.  Then, in 1928, promoters started looking for a woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and chose Earhart. As a passenger on Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon's plane, she flew from Newfoundland to Wales and became a celebrity overnight.  She wrote a book about the adventure and went on a lecture tour across the US.  Then in 1932, flying her red Lockheed Vega 5B, she became the first woman and second person ever to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic.  The flight took 15 hours and she battled tiredness, cold and mechanical issues that nearly ended her flight in disaster as she plummeted 3,000ft on her descent and was forced to carry out an emergency landing in Northern Ireland.  It did not put her off, and later that year she became the first woman to fly solo nonstop across America in 19 hours and 5 minutes.

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Murder victim's father goes to his grave without knowing who stabbed his daughter to death in closed train carriage in one of Britain's most notorious unsolved crimes

By EMILY HALL

Published: 17:43, 29 May 2025 | Updated: 17:43, 29 May 2025

The haunted father of the victim of one of Britain’s most notorious unsolved murders has died before any suspect was ever arrested, MailOnline has learned.  The savage killing of Deborah Linsley on a suburban commuter train as it arrived at London’s Victoria station in 1988 is regularly cited as one of the UK’s most high-profile unsolved cases.  Deborah’s father Arthur, a retired insurance broker, spent more than three decades campaigning for justice for her regularly appearing in the media to ensure her case was not forgotten and that the police continued to try to find her killer.  But now MailOnline can reveal that Mr Linsley has sadly died before anyone could ever be linked to the attack and prosecuted.  The case was particularly infuriating for detectives as they have a full DNA match for the killer but no match has ever come up for them or any relative.  A source close to the Linsley family said: ‘Arthur’s life since 1988 revolved around finding who killed his daughter.  We had all hoped he would live until the police made an arrest which as they have the DNA seems like it must inevitably happen at some point.  There was also a £20,000 reward but it didn’t yield a suspect.  Deborah’s mum died 14 years ago and Arthur carried on alone, campaigning and keeping Deborah’s memory alive.  But sadly he too died a little while ago in 2023 and now there’s no one left to push the case.  It’s so sad that Arthur never got to find out who killer her and see them jailed.’

Arthur had been still living in the house where Deborah grew up in Bromley, Kent, but it has now been sold.  Deborah, 26, was born in Bromley, south London, to and his wife Marguerite, a fraud investigator for the DSS.  She had moved to Edinburgh to pursue a career as a hotel manager and on the week of her death had returned to stay at the family home while she could attend a course.  Deborah was on her way back to Edinburgh when she was attacked in the closed carriage of a commuter train.  On the afternoon of Wednesday March 23, 1988, she had lunch with her brother Gordon, who then gave her a lift to Petts Wood station.  Linsley boarded the 14.16 from Petts Wood in south London to London Victoria when she was viciously attacked.  When the train arrived at that busy terminal, a station porter discovered her body in the blood-soaked coach when the train arrived at its final stop.  She had been stabbed 11 times with one wound penetrating her heart and killing her.  The murder is thought to have happened in the six minutes between the train pulling out of Brixton and arriving in Victoria.  The police were convinced of this because another passenger, a French au pair, told them she heard a scream after it had left Brixton. She didn’t pull the emergency cord and didn’t take any other action.  Police initially suspected the murder may have been an attempted rape.  Deborah had defensive marks on her hands and had seriously injured her attacker as she tried to fight him off. This meant police would have a full DNA profile.  But despite regular familial DNA testing they have never uncovered a match and the case remains unsolved.  Deborah was buried in the bridesmaid’s dress she would have worn to her brother’s wedding which had been due to take place just wo weeks after she was killed.  Arthur was still appealing for information just a few years before his death.  In 2018, on the 30th anniversary, he said: ‘My daughter Debbie was murdered and despite the DNA profile of the suspect being available, the person responsible has still not been found.  I appeal for those who have suspicions about a partner, a friend or a relative to please come forward.’

A spokesperson for the Met Police said: ‘The investigation into the murder of 26-year-old Debbie Linsley remains open, with detectives exploring ways to identify the suspect using DNA evidence.  Debbie, from Bromley but living and working in Edinburgh at the time of her murder, was stabbed to death on the 14.16 train from Orpington to London Victoria on Wednesday, 23 March 1988.  She boarded the train at Petts Wood in south-east London and entered an old-fashioned compartment with room for six people and doors at each side of the carriage.  The train arrived at platform 2 at Victoria railway station and at around 14.50hrs, her body was discovered on the floor by British Rail staff.  Detectives have a full DNA profile of the suspect Debbie fought off her killer during the attack and traces of blood belonging to someone other than Debbie were found at the scene and detectives are continuing to explore all opportunities, including advancements in DNA technology.  The current investigation is being led by the Met’s Specialist Casework Investigation Team which investigates unsolved, historical cases.’

Deborah’s brother Gordon was approached via an intermediary but declined to respond to a request for comment.

A woman's husband died. He had $100,000 to his name.  After paying all the funeral expenses, she told her closest friend that there was no money left.  The friend asked, "How can that be? You told me he had $100,000 a few days before he died. How could you be broke?"

The widow replied, "Well, the funeral cost me $16,500. And of course, I had to make the obligatory donation to the church, pay the organist and all. That was $1500, and I spent another $1500 for the wake, the food and drinks, you know. The rest went for the memorial stone."

The friend asked, "$80,500 for the memorial stone? My goodness, how big was it?"

The widow replied, "Three carats."

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'Gaslighting': Insiders' withering verdict on Harry's truce-ending broadside as they tell REBECCA ENGLISH of King's pain and that the Royals will now NEVER forgive him

By REBECCA ENGLISH

Published: 21:23, 2 May 2025 | Updated: 12:44, 3 May 2025

Last night the uneasy public truce between Prince Harry and the Royal Family was spectacularly shattered.  And it is hard to see, whatever words the Duke of Sussex might half-heartedly offer about 'truth and reconciliation', how they can ever go back.  As Buckingham Palace digested his frankly extraordinary and at times, some might think, increasingly disturbed series of broadsides, one disgusted former royal aide remarked simply: 'Gaslighting'.

Harry, of course, has spent the past five years convincing an at times highly sympathetic public that he and his wife, Meghan, were the victims of a catalogue of emotional abuse at the hands of his nearest, and not so dearest.  Now half a decade, several hundred thousand pounds of taxpayers money and countless interviews later, an increasingly weary public is clearly starting to feel that, perhaps, the boot may be on the other foot.  Interestingly some former members of the institution have, with admirable openness, admitted to me of late that with the quiet benefit of hindsight the whole Harry and Meghan 'issue' could probably have been handled better.  'They were clearly a tricky couple who wanted out and maybe the institution could have found a better way to facilitate it before things went nuclear,' said one.

Indeed another says that while they completely disagreed with much of what he wrote in his memoir, Spare, they also, interestingly, defend his right to say it.  'At the end of the day it's his 'truth'. And when it comes to recalling his childhood, as he sees it, he has every right to say what he experienced,' they say.

'I still maintain for the sake of the family his family he should never have written that bloody book, but I also can't entirely disagree with his decision to do so either.'

But even those more sympathetic to his cause believe his latest legal battle and, in particular, last night's extraordinary BBC meltdown have crossed a line.  Harry's decision to fight his father's government in the very courts that dispense justice in the monarch's name has been more than a financial and PR disaster for the prince.  It has proved to be a personal catastrophe that has driven more of a wedge between himself and Charles than any back-stabbing memoir or tell-all television series.  The monarch, I am told, has, effectively, been 'too fearful' of speaking to his son for the past three years in case anything he said was used as part of Harry's case, thereby sparking a constitutional crisis.  Charles has also found it particularly hurtful that sources close to the prince have gone so far as to suggest he could get to see his grandchildren again if only he were to step in and reinstate the family's full-time security detail in the UK.  If that were to happen it would be 'swords down' was, in fact, the rather repugnant phrase used.  While the King would never accuse a family member of 'emotional blackmail', many might think it certainly sounds like it.  Now Harry has doubled down in person, making clear he believes it is 'impossible' for him to bring his family back to the UK 'safely' unless his security is comprehensively reviewed and effectively accusing those involved in the decision-making process, which includes the royal household, of wanting 'history to repeat itself'.  The latter a clear and troubling reference to the death of his late mother.  King Charles may not have been a perfect parent. But he will always love his son and I understand it's a matter of personal sadness that he  has seen his grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, barely twice since they were born.  'As this case has dragged on it has become increasingly tricky for the King to have any kind of relationship with his son, particularly given how often information seems to trickle out [from the Sussex side],' a source tells me.

The question, of course, now is where do father and son go from here?

Harry has quite clearly boxed himself into a corner by dramatically arguing that his life is 'at stake' and he does not feel it is safe to bring his wife and family to the UK under the current 'bespoke' policing arrangements he is entitled to here.  If he sticks to this line and clearly he will given his latest comments and his three-and-half-year legal fight it means that Harry will indeed never be able to bring his children back to Britain let alone start to repair the family relationships that his and Meghan's acrimonious departure shattered.  And he is certainly not going to get the apology from his family that he has always said he believes he deserves. 'What on earth do they have to apologise for?' one angry insider splutters.

Short of Charles making a private trip to the US which is unlikely to ever happen given his health and punishing workload the stark truth is that the King may never see his two youngest grandchildren again.  Harry's only option would be to offer an awkward olive branch and return for a major family event (just as he did for the late Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the only time Lilibet, who was born in California, has met her grandfather).  They would almost certainly be entitled to round-the-clock police protection and given an official royal residence to stay in on an occasion such as this.  But from what I hear informally the family are past even that.  Too much has been said and done now for them to ever forgive and forget.

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Prince Harry will be 'cut' by the allegations of racism and misogyny from his beloved charity Sentabale but 'what goes around, comes around' as they were the same toxic accusations he made at the Royal Family, say our experts on PALACE CONFIDENTIAL

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By CAMERON ROY

Published: 14:25, 28 March 2025 | Updated: 15:03, 28 March 2025

Prince Harry will be 'cut' by the allegations of racism and misogyny that are coming from his beloved charity Sentabale, say royal experts.  But according to the Daily Mail's Diary Editor Richard Eden, 'what goes around, comes around' as they were the same toxic accusations he made at the Royal Family in his bombshell Oprah interview in March 2021.  The comments come amid the bitter internal power struggle in that charity that exploded this week which saw the Duke of Sussex unexpectedly step down.  The Duke of Sussex revealed 'unthinkable infighting' had led to his shock resignation from the charity which he founded in 2006 in honour of Princess Diana to help young people in southern Africa living with HIV and AIDS.  In a bombshell statement, Harry lamented the 'devastating' decision to quit as patron alongside co-founder Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, while his 'second dad' Mark Dyer also resigned as trustee.  Several other trustees have left in the dispute with chairwoman Dr Sophie Chandauka who issued a stinging response taking aim at 'weak executive management' and appearing to criticise Harry for 'playing the victim card'.  She also hit out at 'abuse of power, bullying, harassment, misogyny and misogynoir [discrimination against black women]' at the charity.  When asked on the latest episode of the Daily Mail's YouTube show Palace Confidential if the allegations impact Harry's image as a charitable figure, Richard Eden replied: 'Let's be clear. Dr Chandauka claims will be deeply painful for Harry, they really will sting.  I mean, just think about it, you know, the idea was that this year is sort of Megan's year to make money. My goodness, you know, we're fed up of her already.  Harry would be able to concentrate on his charitable works, which were mainly Invictus, Sentabale, and a few other things.  So to be accused of, essentially, to be accused of racism and misogyny. I mean, my goodness, you know what goes around, comes around.  Remember that that is the toxic accusation that they were levelling at the Royal Family during the Oprah Winfrey interview.  I really do think that that's going to come back to bite them.'

Zimbabwe-born executive Dr Chandauka, who is based in New York City, has been involved with Sentebale since 2009 when she joined the board of trustees until 2015.  The diversity campaigner then became chair in July 2023, succeeding Johnny Hornby who had served 11 years on the board and had been chair since March 2018.  At the time, Dr Chandauka was praised by Harry for her 'experience, passion for social change and entrepreneurial spirit' which he said would be a 'tremendous benefit to Sentebale's next chapter'.

And Dr Chandauka said upon taking the role that she had benefited from the 'privilege of a world-class education and career specifically because many people took a chance on me, the young girl from Zimbabwe, and gave me air cover when the odds were stacked against me'.

Her CV includes senior corporate roles leading strategy, legal and operations in technology, retail and investment banking.   Speaking of Dr Chandauka's allegations, The Mail on Sunday's Editor at Large Charlotte Griffiths said: 'Well, it wasn't just barbed. It was cutting, there were razor blades throughout that statement.  It went through systematically, and she's very articulate this woman, she went to Oxford, she's got an amazing CV.  She went through systematically accusing Sentabale and more or less Prince Harry of a number of things, including misogynoir, which is against black women, and misogyny.   And actually accused him of leaking to the press more or less, even though, of course, he despises the press.  She said, You know, "I'm brave. I've whistleblown this situation and this is how I'm attacked", more or less accusing him of gaslighting.   It really is this really cutting statement. I was so shocked.  And what's really worrying for Harry and Sentabale and Prince Seeiso, who might want to defend themselves is that she's mentioned the law twice in the statement, and she's clearly, as an ex lawyer, got a very good grasp of the law.  She really feels like she will be vindicated in this whole process, and the statement is just pinpoint accurate on each systematic thing she's accusing them of.'

Harry's role at Sentebale was one of a small number of private patronages he retained after he was stripped of his royal patronages and honorary military positions by the late Queen in 2021 after his departure from the working monarchy was confirmed for good a year after Megxit.  The Charity Commission said it was 'aware of concerns about the governance' of Sentebale.  'We are assessing the issues to determine the appropriate regulatory steps,' the commission said in a statement.

In their joint statement on Tuesday, Harry and Prince Seeiso backed the departing trustees and said: 'With heavy hearts, we have resigned from our roles as patrons of the organisation until further notice, in support of and solidarity with the board of trustees who have had to do the same.  It is devastating that the relationship between the charity's trustees and the chair of the board broke down beyond repair, creating an untenable situation.'

When asked if the news of Harry's resignation was the first signs of trouble a the charity, Charlotte replied: 'No, there's been a number of resignations recently.  I reported on Andrew Tucker, who's known as Tucks to Harry, leaving the charity.   And it's sort of to do with sponsorship. So Tucks was involved in raising big sponsorship money, and he left the charity at a time when the accounts were showing a big, big dip in the sponsorship income.  And the sponsorship income comes from Harry doing these star-studded polo matches, among other things.  And it seems as though Harry had sort of stopped doing those or giving his star power to the charity.  Soon after I wrote this article, he then turned up for the first time in six years in Lesotho, and it seemed to me that that somebody had said to him, look, you need to really put some star power behind it.   And he might not have enjoyed having that conversation. That's what I was hearing at the time. That's what we reported. And Andrew Tucker left it around this time. So the signs have been there for about six months.'

Harry spent two months in the kingdom of Lesotho during his gap year when he was 19 in 2004, which inspired him to establish the charity two years later, which now also works in Botswana.  He came face-to-face with Aids orphans, met other traumatised young people and visited herd boys living a harsh existence looking after cattle in remote mountain areas.  The Daily Mail's Royal Editor Rebecca English also weighed in on the unfolding row surrounding Sentabale.  She said: 'I think it's important to emphasise how crushing a blow this will be for him, because it was such a big passion project for him.   Set up in memory of his late mother, Sentabale means Forget Me Not in in the local dialect. And I remember, as I said in my story, in 2006, I was out there when they launched it.  And this was the time that Harry was 21, he had the reputation as the kind of playboy party Prince.'

Rebecca then recalled her experience of hearing Harry's passion for the project when she visited Lesotho with him in 2006.  Sources close to the Duke have pointed out that he's not being scrutinised personally in any legal action related to Sentabale.  The experts' comments were made on the latest episode of Palace Confidential, where a panel of royal experts give their fresh insights and discuss the biggest royal news of the week on YouTube.  On the episode the panel also discussed Rebecca English's revealing feature about how Kate is continuing her recovery from cancer.  Elsewhere in the show, the panel discussed Prince William was seen eagerly climbing into a British tank after arriving at a NATO base in Estonia to take part in a major military exercise just 90 miles from Russia.  There was also chat about Prince William joking about an aubergine being his favourite emoji at a farming event with Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper.  They also discussed the news of Queen Camilla visiting the Charles Dickens House Museum for its 100th anniversary along with actress Miriam Margolyes.  Later the experts mentioned the reports Prince Andrew could face fresh embarrassment after judges ruled that further documents relating to his dealings with an alleged Chinese spy can be released.  There was also some chat about Meghan Markle launching an Instagram shop selling products she endorses in a commercial arrangement which sees her pocket a commission for each product sold.  Towards the end of the show, the panel looked at Meghan's trailer for her new podcast: Confessions of a Female Founder.  They also chatted about Meghan and Gwyneth Paltrow appearing in a shock video together to address their 'breakfast war'.   The royal experts then revealed their unsung royal hero of the week.

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Dr Sophie Chandauka's statement in full

'I chose to join Sentebale first and foremost as a proud African who understands that, in the spirit of ubuntu: to whom much is given, much is expected. Everything I do at Sentebale is in pursuit of the integrity of the organisation, its mission, and the young people we serve.  My actions are guided by the principles of fairness and equitable treatment for all, regardless of social status or financial means. There are people in this world who behave as though they are above the law and mistreat people, and then play the victim card and use the very press they disdain to harm people who have the courage to challenge their conduct.  Discerning readers will ask themselves: why would the Chair of the Board report her own Trustees to the Charity Commission? Why would the High Court of England and Wales accept her application to hear the matter at all if the case had no merit?  'Well, because beneath all the victim narrative and fiction that has been syndicated to press is the story of a woman who dared to blow the whistle about issues of poor governance, weak executive management, abuse of power, bullying, harassment, misogyny, misogynoir – and the coverup that ensued. I could be anyone.  I just happen to be an educated woman who understands that the law will guide and protect me. I will say nothing further on this matter at this time. I have one job. I must focus on fundraising for the very important work of the young people who inspire the incredible team at Sentebale who make sacrifices daily at a time when geopolitics is severely impacting funding for development work in Africa.  For me, this is not a vanity project from which I can resign when I am called to account. I am an African who has had the privilege of a worldclass education and career. I will not be intimidated. I must stand for something. I stand for those other women who do not have the ways and means.  I am indebted to those who have stood by me and picked up my urgent call for help so that we can continue the mission at Sentebale. I will continue to faithfully perform my role as Chair of the Board, and I look forward to the opportunity to work with others who are interested in issues of health, wealth and climate resilience for young people in Africa.'