Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet Name Tracked Elephants in Botswana After Harry Redirects Diana Fund
Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet have lent their names to two satellite-tracked elephants in Botswana's Okavango Delta, part of a conservation project run by the charity Elephants Without Borders. Archie chose a blue tracking collar for his elephant; Lilibet chose a purple one. The collars beam real-time location data, allowing the children — who live in California with their parents, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex — to follow the animals' movements across the world.
The project received its funding after Prince Harry diverted his share of money from the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund to Elephants Without Borders instead of Sentebale, the charity he co-founded with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to support young people in southern Africa. The Telegraph first reported the redirect on 15 August 2026.
The sums involved are modest. Harry's share of Diana Fund proceeds for 2025 was £5,432, and it went to Elephants Without Borders for the first time, having previously gone to Sentebale each year. A Diana Fund statement said that in accordance with a request by the Duke of Sussex, half of the net proceeds received by the fund since 18 December 2019 are being donated to a charity of his choosing, and that in 2025 all such funds would go to Elephants Without Borders.
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was founded shortly after Diana's death in 1997 and formally closed in 2012. It no longer actively raises money but still receives occasional donations, which are legally controlled by the Royal Foundation, the charitable body associated with the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The switch away from Sentebale follows a fracture in Harry's relationship with the organisation. In April 2025, Sentebale sued the Duke for defamation after he resigned from the charity amid an internal controversy. The legal action is ongoing.
Dr Mike Chase, founder of Elephants Without Borders, told The Telegraph: "The Duke has a very strong passion for the Okavango Delta, Botswana, its people, and its wildlife." He said the charity wanted to pass that passion on to Archie and Lilibet so they could monitor the elephants in real time. Elephants Without Borders describes its vision as conservation of Africa's wildlife through research and education, "ensuring a prosperous and compatible future between people and wildlife."
For two young children in California, that future now comes with a blue collar and a purple one, tracking two elephants walking the floodplains of the Okavango.
