Shocking absolutely no one, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are already taking the first steps to create their own separate charitable foundation following the split of the Royal Foundation, which they shared with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The split was inevitable and widely predicted for months, but that didn’t stop the tabloids from endlessly covering it like it was yet another example of how Meghan – and only Meghan! – is a terrible person. We also knew as the split was happening that Meghan and Harry would set up their own foundation, and that they would fold their existing work and existing projects into that new foundation. I assumed they would hire some new people for the foundation, which will probably happen, but it seems they’ve “taken” one of Will and Kate’s “treasured aides.” By that the Daily Mail means that this woman worked for the joint foundation and now she’s leaving the Cambridges for the Sussexes.
Any divorce is painful, but the split between Prince William and Prince Harry’s households is proving particularly complicated. It was announced last month that Harry and Meghan would be quitting the Royal Foundation they share with William and Kate. And I can reveal the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be taking one of the Royal Foundation’s most distinguished directors with them to run their new power base. She is Natalie Campbell, an award-winning ‘social entrepreneur’ who is the Royal Foundation’s ‘director of insight and innovation’.
‘Natalie will be a real loss to William and Catherine,’ a courtier tells me. ‘She has done brilliantly for the Royal Foundation and formed a bond with Meghan when she worked with her on the cookbook for survivors of the Grenfell fire. Her loss will be keenly felt by the Cambridges.’
Harry and Meghan lost no time in establishing their own charitable organisation. I can disclose that its name, The Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, was trademarked the very next day after the announcement of the split. Their spokesman confirmed Natalie’s appointment and added: ‘A full board and trustees will be appointed in due course.’
A sign of the tensions ahead came this week when Harry and Meghan used their new Instagram account to publicise 15 environmental causes to their 8.8 million followers, with no mention of William’s charity, United For Wildlife. ‘It was unbelievable,’ one of Wills and Kate’s friends tells me. ‘Harry knows how passionate William is about the charity, it was a real snub.’ Kensington Palace sources insist William was not left ‘disappointed’ by the omission. Such magnanimity will be needed in months to come.
I never thought I’d live to see the day where royal princes have social media beefs, but here we are. William and Harry are clearly Instagram Beefing about Harry’s omission of William’s wildlife charity, the DRAMA. As for Natalie Campbell… it sounds like her decision entirely, it’s not like Difficult Meg manipulated a helpless charity organizer into coming into her Den of Diva Americanism. It also sounds like Campbell is one of the reasons why the Sussexes are using their IG for so many charitable purposes, like Campbell’s speciality might be Insta-influencer (but make it charitable). I’m just pleased that after months of making mountains out of molehills with regular staff turnover, finally there’s a story about Meghan and Harry retaining a staffer who would rather work with them.
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ah yes, William’s wildlife charity, because hunting is only bad when someone else is doing it but not when he goes off on very regular hunting trips….
Yes, hunting endangered species is bad. Hunting common animals that need population control is something different altogether. Can you not see the distinction?
Ditto, Wowsers. Until Will goes off wiping rhinos, pangolins & helmeted hornbills off the face of the earth, I will give him props for taking up a worthy cause.
William doesn’t hunt for “population control” or for food, he hunts for sport. Also, how do you think rhinos etc became endangered? because they were over-hunted. It’s the double standard that is ridiculous to me.
This comment is ridiculous. First of all, data shows that hunting doesn’t actually improve population control of certain species for a number of reasons (a main one, for deer in particular, being that the prize hunts are not the main breeders in the population; ). Second of all, William does not and never has hunted for population control, but for sport. They have killed legally protected species on accident before, and it has been covered up. William has defended trophy hunting as long as the animal is “old and infertile.”
He likes Africa because Jecca Craig is there and her family are conservationists so he’s got it into his head that he’s one too.
William also pronounces upon the necessity of limiting human reproduction for the environment, and then went on to have a third child, a luxury not afforded to many in his own country.
He has always been a hypocrite.
Truth!
Willy can do as he please, he goes to Kenya to speak about wildlife and then join with his friends to a German hunting trip and no British press is even writing about it.
I do not see hunting as a bad, if it’s controlled and reguleted. Real hunters do not just kill and run, they take care of all the environment issue and report any changes or problems. It’s the double standard set for William that it’s quite amusing.
Harry flew to Germany for a hunting party in 2017. But let’s talk about William,of course.
And there’s always that awful pic of him with the water buffalo he shot in Argentina.
The split is a good thing for all concerned — especially the charities. I think it’s great that Wills and Harry continue with the one-upmanship (and I’m not pointing fingers at who the instigator might be). That means both foundations could conceivably do more good works and fund raise for worthy causes. I’ve no doubt that Harry is more energetic than Wills, but if the “War of the Wales'” spurs both Foundations on; that’s terrific!
Just my $0.02 worth, but I think Meghan has more energy and ambition than the other three combined.
She does have more energy and ambition. And in some ways I think that’s been the undercurrent of some of these stories – that Meghan is too ambitious for the royal family (or at last, her generation of the royal family). Which is silly and also sad. And they’ve tried to make it out to be a bad thing.
Naw Harry’s done great work on his own once he pulled himself together after his military service. His efforts have been downplayed far to much in the service of building up William. Hopefully that ends now.
Agree!!!!!! Harry is going to kick ass. He will make William look like a kid. To bad for William because Harry had his back. William will regret what he has done to them
William can claim any action as work. And he does to boost numbers. While Harry’s invictus meetings and smaller events were never counted as work because they were “personal” says a lot to how they count work
This is SUCH a non-story! From the start, when the split was announced, it was said that W&H would be SPLITTING UP THE STAFF, with some staying and some going. She is just one of the (better) ones to go with H&M.
Gee…wonder why someone is trying to make it look like big, bad Meghan STOLE the wunderkind away…who…who could that *possibly* be? Could it be because, RIGHT NOW, the AG/SDNY is on CNN announcing charges against Epstein, and GUESS WHO is BFFs with Epi?
Ya, my read is the talent wants to go where the energy is and that’s a knock on the Cambridge’s….
If this was my career, I would go with the people who could help me further it and add some amazing projects to my work history.
Maybe the cookbook was the deciding factor. If they had bad chemistry, I doubt she’d go with the Sussex brood
Clearly Meg stuffed this woman in a suitcase and shoplifted her from Will and Kate’s office. She has no free will anymore as she now lives in the basement of Frogmore chained to a laptop.
#freeNatalie
Meghan probably used a gun and kidnapped this woman.
ding ding ding.
Yes it would seem its was the employee’s choice to go work for people who actually want to work for their patronages, that she wants to be around people who are as passionate as she is.
Good luck to her in her new role – am sure she’ll do well.
Talented, creative person opts to go where she knows her talent and creativity will be used and appreciated.
I hope Natalie isn’t regretting her decision now that Capability Kate’s logchair is being hailed as the second coming. 😉
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He’ll no she won’t. One thing people never mention non melanin people have a hard time taking orders from melanin people. That was a big problem in KP. An establishment non black and here comes a sister. Ain’t happen. I’ve been a charge nurse and supervisors and it’s a problem.
Um, what? I wasn’t being serious.
😂
Skylark…spilled my coffee. Thanks for the laugh!
@Skylark. ‘Capability Kate”!
In a hundred years her log chairs will be featured on British Antique Roadshow. They might go for as much as 20 quid!
This woman started working for the RF in February, so it is likely her move was planned from the start?
Besides that, in the split announcement it was said that the RF would help with the setting of the Sussexs new one. And most likely that includes actual people you know?
There’s absolutely nothing shady in this story
(also, I’ve checked this woman’s Twitter account and she is very focused on women’s issues: perfect for her to go with Meghan since that seems to be her area!)
Campbell is a social entrepreneur. Hiring her suggests the foundation is interested in how to innovate for change in the for profit sector. This is a heavy lifting job and I very much doubt Instagram is in Campbell’s portfolio.
@Annie, how is this possible if she worked on the cookbook project with Meghan? Wasn’t the cookbook launched summer 2018 before the Oceania tour?
So, there’s no story because Campbell focus is on women issues? Does that make her incompetent or what? I honestly don’t get what you trying to imply with this yr narrative. I mean I have a guess but…
Annie is saying Campbell’s interests align with Meghan’s, making her a good fit for the Sussex foundation. Not sure how you read that as accusing Campbell of being incompetent.
@Megan, please read my post again. Its clear that I’m asking a question in regards to the implication behind mentioning ms. Campbell’s interests, non? Also, i still don’t get how ms. Campbell joined the RF in February yet worked with Meghan on the Grenfell cookbook project but okay…
Campbell joined the foundation in Feb 2018.
So then the claim that ms. Campbell move was planned from the start is moot. Because wasn’t it in or around February 2018 when the RF had the first annual forum that was aggressively promoted by KP as the first of many to come? The understanding was that “the Fab four” were going to stay together and work together under the same umbrella of the RF.
I’m sure the press will spin this
Maybe she just wants to be busy.
Why are Harry and Meghan obligated to promote William’s charities? That’s William’s job. I know math is difficult for the Daily Fail, but if they promote different charities, then combined they promote more charities! Wow!
Yeah like William boosts Harry and Meghan’s work like, ever. But you see Harry is supposed to kowtow to and promote everything William does because WILLIAM IS GOING TO BE KING soon, one day, in thirty years 🙄
The one issue with their posting monthly causes is they only list the people/charities/businesses in their following. So when the month is over, if someone wanted to go back for say Pride causes (last month) there’s no details of any charities for you to look at, just that they were highlighting that cause last month.
They tag all of the charities in their monthly post, so it’s easy enough to go back and see which ones were spotlighted.
But shouldn’t they mention them by name? Say a little something of why they chose them? Like they did for their baby charity list? It’s 3 paragraphs of how they’re so about a cause and want to highlight issues. Without highlighting what these guys mean to the cause. I think it could be more comprehensive and give more audience if even a sentence about each was given.
Not hard at all. Just click on the collage picture and all the tags come up that each directly lead to the Instagrams of the charities they tagged for the month.
They want you to go to the charities websites and read up on them.
I pictured Meghan dressed as the evil Queen chuckling and saying: yes, it’s working!!! People want to work for the Sussexes And assist with our charities!!! Evil laugh follows. 🙄
I don’t know what their issue is with one another but what ever it is, it must be good.
Outrage! Scandal! Murder! JUSTICE!!!!!!
That this employer wants to work with them and not the Cambridges speaks volumes but let’s talk about poor “magnanimous” William who was slighted in instagram. Again the Cambridges are using the media to control and manipulate the narrative and is so obvious it’s laughable.
No,it doesn’t speak volumes about anything.
It was literally announced that the RF would have helped establishing the other foundation. It’s normal that some staff move,temporarily or permanently,to the new foundation. It’s very simple. But,of course, depending on the narratives,this non story is being interpreted as Meghan and Harry stealing staff ,or this person choosing the real family workhorses,lol (nobody knows it, but they are out there working 5 days a week).
Meh, it’s a non-story to some because this time around, it’s the Sussexes being chosen by a staff member. I’m sure it would be a very different tune being sang by some if the article mentioned that none of the staff wanted to go work with the Sussexes. And of course the staff member would never have made an informed decision as to who they wanted to work with but rather was just stolen and taken by the big bad Sussexes.
It IS a huge story because this time we don’t get the usual “Meghan is such a American diva who bombards staff with texts at 5.am; oh she’s such a bad person” drivel. And Harry and Meghan might not be work horses but they do work, and they have tangible results like Sentebale, IG, Grenfell cookbook, etc to sho for their efforts. What do work horses William and Kate have to show for their “work”?
Great get by the Sussexes. I hope that’s not the name of the foundation. It’s the same as the a Cambridges. I was hoping for something original.
So basically the world revolves around William! Doesn’t he have his own account to promote his interest!
She’s a fully grown woman. Nobody “took” anybody from anybody. If she wants to work for the Sussexes, that was her decision and her decision only to make. Not to mention, she made it. It’s not anybody’s fault.
And for all we know she might be a temporary appointment to help the Sussexes get set up so she might go back to the Cambridges once she’s helped Meghan and Harry. We’ll see.
Campbell worked on the cookbook with Meghan. She gets the Sussex vision. The privileged staff can’t think outside the box. Old money old ideals that doesn’t relate to the masses. England needs to get over Hollywood. Trust me the queen controls the entertainment industry. Hollywood comes out in the massive to support charities. To go international is a smart move. If William had a brain he n kate focus on the mothball way. The Sussex do international eventually they have to come together. Those boring European elites love the spotlight. Its would like the Met old and new money.
I’m sure Campbell saw the messiness in UP and was turned off. She’s a sister and she witness the racism and laziness. She got out of dodge. I was hoping she would leave KP for BP. She’s not afraid of work and change.
…”the Queen controls the entertainment industry.” 🤔
That’s why she couldn’t attend the christening. She had important Hollywood business to attend to.
Shouldn’t William be promoting William’s charities? You know, as part of his job?
Excuse you, William will be KING!!1!
Yes he should! But because he isn’t it has to be H&M’s fault according to RRs….
I can’t wait to see/hear what H&M are going to do with their foundation, exciting times ahead, going to knock spots off Royal Foundation!
If W&K are “such good friends” with Roger Federer maybe they should ask him for some tips on how to operate a successful foundation…
This makes William look petty. I’m sure there are other talented people in England who can help with their charity. Just go out and find them. Publicizing that this woman chose the Sussexes doesn’t make the Cambridge’s look good or make them look like the victim. It makes them look whiners.
I’m not surprised that they are taking a senior aide for their foundation. I imagine they’ll take a few more when all is said and done. Just like in any business/organization, some people prefer working with certain people. My guess though is that if this woman is a little bit more active and innovative, Harry and Meghan’s foundation is going to be the better choice for her.
and OMG to the instagram nonsense. First, William can and should promote his own charities. Second, I thought part of the point of the Sussex’s IG was to promote lesser known charities and to highlight the work of different organizations that someone may not be familiar with. A charity where William is the patron would probably not fit that.
‘Taking’ senior staff or the senior staff is CHOOSING to leave. Slavery ended in Great Britain quite a while ago.
I’m sure Ms. Campbell took one look at that absurd log and started updating her resume.
The Bloomberg and Di Caprio foundations don’t exactly need promotion.
Every charity needs promotion, even the Melinda and Bill Gates foundation. There’ll always be people that don’t know about these foundations and shinning a light onto them will always be helpful. I had no idea Leo had a foundation of his own. Up until the Sussex global shower fundraiser, I didn’t know about most of those charities and Sussex Royal highlighting them was the reason I donated.
I can’t wait till Prince William cuts Harry’s budget when he becomes pow
Charles would be King and Charles is way to smart to cut the two people that the world is most interested in. At some point William will come to reason with this fact as well.
When William is POW, he wont be in charge of Harry’s budget. Charles will be.
wait till willie becomes king before you isolate harry and meghan. charles is still the prince of wales
By the time William becomes king I’m sure harry would have found the path he wants his family on. William should be worried about other things like will he even have the commonwealth countries there, will England be a big clusterfck with Brexit, will his own children be like him and lazy, or will George be like him and throw Charlotte and Luis under the bus to protect the chosen one.
William won’t be handling the budget as POW even if he was allowed to. That’s way too much like work. He’d probably pass it on to Carol. And by the time it’s William’s turn to wear the crown, there might not be one to wear. He doesn’t fill one with respect and admiration.
Agreed, I have a sneaky suspicion that the monarchy will end with Charles, I can’t see William as an effective and popular King, poor waity-Katy…
@Moose. Can you imagine having to go through all that shit to land Normal Bill and then NOT becoming Queen Consort?!?!? Poor Waity-Katy indeed!
I love that Natalie will work with Harry and Meghan. So much for Meghan, the difficult Duchess! LOL even this time the Sussex is having the last laugh.
I mean who can blame this woman? She seems like a hard hitting woman who knows what she wants. She praised Meghan immensely during the cookbook launching. Maybe she didn’t want to spend the rest of her career doing soft projects like log lawn chair building 🤷♀️
As for William getting mad harry didn’t support his wildlife charity on Instagram. Boo hoo.
Someone should tell landscape architects Davis-White that the garden they have co-designed with the Duchess of Cambridge was really about log lawn chair building. They have studied for nothing. It’s soft work for soft gardens, lol. The RHS is also a little small charity,with no importance.. At least,it’s what the Sussexes’ fans say.
You didn’t hear it from me but word on the street is that mean Meghan is lacing the evil American avocado toast with mind-control drugs and forcing it on the hapless staffers. Dastardly!
Lots of white women cried too.
Two things, first I think Natalie is a spy and will report back on the Sussexes. Second, I do believe that William was upset but not because of what was stated in this article. I think he’s upset because he sees wildlife as his thing and will not want any crossover (competition/division) of charities. Competition between the houses means less for everyone, I bet the Sussexes are getting their hands slapped at this very moment.
Side note; I doubt Kates log would have needed media attention if it wasn’t for the Sussexes. Watching the two couples compete is going to be like watching a train wreck in slow-mo.
Maybe so, but Harry and Prince Charles have been involved with wildlife charities for years (e,g., Harry is President of African Parks) so Harry’s interest is not new to William. I think Charles will let the separate foundations establish themselves and their work styles for a while, and see how it all works out. If there are serious conflicts he and the Queen can always convene the brothers and work on adjustments.
This feels a little like managing expectations. Like when a child who is intimidated by their opponent in a game yells “But no cheating!” beforehand and then tries to blame every bad move on their opponent being a cheater. The Cambridge’s know that M&H will be making their charity a huge priority and that they will be hands on, and they’re intimidated. Saying that they “stole” away a top or critical aid is an easy way to be like “well we had to beef up staffing and we can’t hire just anyone and everything would have been different if they hadn’t stolen her away” when they’re not producing as they should be. Will and Meghan do have more responsibility in the sense that they will be the future King and Queen Consort, they really made a mistake not letting H&M take lead on the charitable stuff. Now its going to be obvious they aren’t putting in the work H&M do.