What do King Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry all have in common? They all have bald genes and they all have their own stand-alone foundations. King Charles\u2019s foundation is mired in controversy and financial shenanigans, and Charles has a long history of taking bags of cash and checks from Bin Ladens to keep his foundation afloat. William and Kate\u2019s foundation is shady as hell too – millions out the door, mismanaged or spent lavishly to embiggen Will and Kate personally and finance their idiotic busywork. Meanwhile, the Sussexes\u2019 Archewell Foundation is relatively modest, and they\u2019re mostly handing out smaller grants to charities and NGOs. Guess which one of these foundations is being highlighted by Richard Eden to make the point that royal foundations are bad, bad, bad?<\/p>\n
\nEgotistical royals should stick to helping existing charities instead of seeking to create their own, according to the Daily Mail\u2019s Richard Eden. Establishing personal foundations leave the royals open to criticism, he suggests, and vulnerable to \u2018generous donors with dubious motives\u2019. Instead, members of the Royal Family should ‘follow the wise example of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Anne and serve as patrons of existing charities’.<\/p>\n
Writing in the latest edition of his Palace Confidential newsletter, Eden takes aim at Harry and Meghan\u2019s Archewell Foundation, which is under scrutiny after an \u00a38.8million \u2018plunge\u2019 in donations last year \u2013 yet still paid a vast salary plus bonus to Executive Director James Holt.<\/p>\n
\u2018Charity begins at home when it comes to their most loyal lieutenants,\u2019 notes Eden. \u2018James Holt, who previously worked for Prince William and Catherine as well as Harry and Meghan, was rewarded for sticking with the Sussexes with a pay packet of $207,405 (\u00a3165,800), plus bonus of $20,000. Holt, a friend of Omid Scobie who is executive director of Archewell, certainly worked hard for Harry and Meghan, appearing extensively on their tawdry Netflix \u2018reality\u2019 series in which Harry revealed intimate conversations with other members of the Royal Family and Meghan appeared to mock Queen Elizabeth with her exaggerated curtsy.\u2019<\/p>\n
The Sussexes are not the only royals to have founded their own charities, of course. Established by King Charles, The Prince\u2019s Trust and Prince\u2019s Foundation (now The King\u2019s Foundation) have become two of the best-known in Britain. The Prince and Princess of Wales have established their own Royal Foundation, which includes the Princess\u2019s Centre for Early Childhood. Prince William also runs the Earthshot Prize for environmental initiatives.<\/p>\n
In the newsletter, Eden writes that \u2018in one of those \u201ccoincidences\u201d to which we have become accustomed, just a day after Kensington Palace broadcast a charming video of the Prince and Princess of Wales\u2019s children helping their mother volunteer at a \u201cbaby bank\u201d in Windsor, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex released a similarly slick video of their own.<\/p>\n
\u2018Prince Harry and Meghan\u2019s video was to highlight the work they have done during the past year for their Archewell Foundation, which published its 28-page annual report. \u2018What they were less keen to report, however, was the fact that their foundation suffered an $11million (\u00a38.8million) plunge in donations last year.’<\/p>\n
Tax filings in the United States, where they live, show that Archewell received $2million last year, compared with $13million in 2021. The Sussexes maintain that this sort of drop-off would be normal after a successful first year, that there is no suggestion Archewell is insolvent and that the charity account has plenty of reserves.<\/p>\n
Eden concludes: ‘For me, the disclosures highlight the dangers of members of the Royal Family having their own charitable foundations, which can leave them open to criticism and at the mercy of generous donors with dubious motives. It may not be so good for boosting royal egos but it can achieve more with far less potential for controversy.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
[From The Daily Mail]<\/p>\n
The thing is\u2026 um, I halfway agree with Richard Eden? Maureen might have some points, if only she would apply her half-witted opinions to every royal. The Royal Foundation is an exercise in ego, and Charles\u2019s foundation is practically a criminal enterprise. Archewell is actually the exception to the rule – they\u2019re not reinventing the wheel, Archewell is basically just a cash reserve which they parcel out to charities. Oh, and James Holt\u2019s salary really upset all of Eden\u2019s palace sources, didn\u2019t it? There\u2019s also no evidence that Holt is especially friendly with Omid Scobie either, that was just an unhinged jab.<\/p>\n
This reminded me of the British media\u2019s reaction to Meghan\u2019s 40th birthday mentorship idea, where she invited people to give 40 minutes of mentorship to someone. Suddenly, royal experts were coming out of the woodwork to proclaim that \u201cmentorship is bad, actually.\u201d Now we\u2019re at \u201ccharitable foundations are bad, actually,\u201d just because the Sussexes are doing it.<\/p>\n
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