A close friend of Prince Harry’s has said in a new interview that some of Sentebale chairwoman Sophie Chandauka’s hostility to the prince is due to her jealously of his wife Meghan Markle, saying that the Zimbabwe-born attorney probably felt overshadowed onstage by the globally famous Duchess of Sussex at a charity fundraiser last April.

Meghan Markle appeared to have an awkward exchange with Sentebale chair Dr. Sophie Chandauka at a 2024 polo match, which she says contributed to tensions with Prince Harry

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry left the U.K. in 2020 and moved to the wealthy, coastal city of Montecito. They are raising their two young children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, in California.