Published: 20:57 BST, 15 August 2026 | Updated: 21:08 BST, 15 August 2026
Prince Harry has donated his Diana legacy funds to an African elephant charity instead of long-term recipient Sentebale, the charity he co-founded in her memory to help orphans.
The prince, who now shares the annual income of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund with brother William, opted to switch his donation to Elephants Without Borders in Botswana after years of supporting Sentebale.
The elephant charity has now named two elephants after the prince's two children Archie and Lili in tribute to his support.
Its founder Dr Mike Chase, who has known the Duke for more than two decades and is counted among his so called 'African family', said his support has always been a 'tremendous honour'.
He confirmed that the money donated has been used to fit satellite-tracking collars to two 'magnificent' elephants in the Okavango Delta in northern Botswana with Archie choosing a blue collar for the elephant named in his honour and Lili choosing a purple one.
Dr Chase told today's Telegraph that he was 'deeply grateful' for the support through the Diana Memorial Fund and hoped the Duke's 'very strong passion for the Okavango Delta, Botswana, its people, and its wildlife' would be inherited by his children.
'It means a great deal to us and to the elephants we are working so hard to protect,' he said.
'We wanted to pass on that legacy to the kids, in the hope that his passion for Okavango and Botswana would rub off on them, and to allow them to monitor the elephants in real time across the world.'
Prince Harry has donated his Diana legacy funds to an African elephant charity instead of long-term recipient Sentebale, the charity he co-founded in her memory to help orphans
The prince, who now shares the annual income of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund with brother William, opted to switch his donation to Elephants Without Borders in Botswana after years of supporting Sentebale
The Duke of Sussex with founder of Elephants Without Borders Dr Mike Chase, during a tree planting event with local schoolchildren, at the Chobe Tree Reserve, Botswana. PA Photo. Picture date: Thursday September 26, 2019
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was founded shortly after her death in 1997 and was closed in 2012. It is now legally controlled by the Royal Foundation.
Although it no longer actively fundraises, it still receives some legacies and donations. An agreement was made to divide future proceeds between the two brothers for charities of their choosing when Harry and Meghan quit royal duties in 2020.
Annual accounts filed by the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales, show Sentebale has received £43,866 from the Diana fund since 2020, with the last payment of £16,743 made in 2024.
