Prince Harry Redirects Diana Memorial Fund Income to Elephants Without Borders After Sentebale Exit
Prince Harry is sending his share of the income from the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund to Elephants Without Borders, a wildlife conservation group in Botswana, after resigning from Sentebale, the charity he co-founded in his mother's memory.
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was established in 1997 and closed in 2012. In 2013, the Royal Foundation — the charitable vehicle then shared by Princes William and Harry — took over legal control of the fund's remaining assets. The brothers agreed in 2020 to split the future proceeds, with Harry directing his half to Sentebale, the charity he co-founded in 2006 to support children and young people in Lesotho and Botswana (Town & Country).
Harry resigned from Sentebale in 2025. A source close to the prince told Town & Country he was "utterly devastated" by how things ended there. A spokesperson for Harry said he remains committed to supporting the children and young people of Lesotho and Botswana and that no decisions have been made about the form that support will take (Town & Country).
The donation Harry redirected to Elephants Without Borders last year was £5,432 (about $6,900 at current exchange rates). Sentebale had received £43,866 from the Diana Memorial Fund income stream since the 2020 split, including a final payment of £16,743 in 2024 (The Telegraph; Yahoo News).
Elephants Without Borders used Harry's donation to fit satellite-tracking collars on two elephants in the Okavango Delta. The elephants were named Archie and Lili, after Harry's two children. Archie chose a blue collar for his elephant; Lili chose a purple one (Town & Country).
Dr. Mike Chase, who founded Elephants Without Borders, told The Telegraph that Harry has "a very strong passion for the Okavango Delta, Botswana, its people and its wildlife." Chase said the elephant names were chosen to pass Harry's legacy on to his children and allow them to monitor the elephants in real time from anywhere in the world (Town & Country).
The connection to Elephants Without Borders runs deeper than a single donation. Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, traveled to Botswana in 2017 to work with the organization. In 2020, Meghan narrated the Disney+ documentary "Elephants" and donated her fee to the group (Town & Country).
For now, the fund income that once went to Sentebale flows to elephant conservation in the same region where the charity operated. Harry's spokesperson says the prince's commitment to young people in southern Africa continues, but the shape of that support has not been settled.
