Prince Harry has been accused of "harassment and bullying at scale" by the boss of the charity he founded as a bitter row between the two deepened. Sentebale chairwoman Dr Sophie Chandauka said Prince Harry was "unleashing the Sussex PR machine" following his shock departure from the charity earlier this week.

The Duke of Sussex founded Sentebale in 2006 with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho to tackle poverty and AIDs in Africa. It was set up in honour of his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. But a dispute over whether the charity should focus on fundraising in Africa led to several trustees demanding the resignation of Dr Chandauka

When she sued the charity in a bid to remain in post, they quit themselves in protest - with the Duke and Prince Seeiso backing the trustees resigning as patrons themselves.

In a statement, the Duke and Prince Seeiso said they were "truly heartbroken" and would share their concerns with the Charity Commission.

Now Dr Chandauka has told Sky News: "The only reason I'm here ... is because at some point on Tuesday, Prince Harry authorised the release of a damaging piece of news to the outside world without informing me or my country directors, or my executive director.

"And can you imagine what that attack has done for me, on me and the 540 individuals in the Sentebale organisations and their family? That is an example of harassment and bullying at scale."

Dr Chandauka said earlier this week, in an attack seemingly targeted at Prince Harry: "There are people in this world who behave as though they are above the law and mistreat people, and then play the victim card and use the very press they disdain to harm people who have the courage to challenge their conduct.

"Beneath all the victim narrative and fiction that has been syndicated to the press is the story of a woman who dared to blow the whistle about issues of poor governance, weak executive management, abuse of power, bullying, harassment, misogyny, misogynoir - and the cover-up that ensued."

But former trustee of the charity, Dr Kelello Lerotholi, said he never witnessed these issues and Chandauka's claims "came to me as a surprise".

He said: "I can honestly say, in the meetings I was present in, there was never even a hint of such. The general tone and conduct of the board has been one of respect for each other, accommodating each other's opinions and inputs, and speaking with respect to each other."