The U.K. government’s charity watchdog determined that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's former charity didn't break any laws.
of potentially mismanaging charity funds, the U.K. government’s charity watchdog has deemed that the actions of MWX Foundation, the organization formerly known as, did not break any laws. On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the couple expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the compliance investigation.
“We are pleased that the Charity Commission has confirmed what we knew from the start: that MWX Foundation, formerly Sussex Royal, complied fully with UK charity law in its handling and transferring of funds and grants,” the spokesperson“Today’s update provides complete closure to this review and ultimately underscores both the legitimacy of the former charity and the baselessness of the claims against it.
, the anti-monarchy advocacy group Republic wrote a letter to the Charity Commission claiming that a transfer of funds from’s Royal Foundation to Harry and Meghan’s new charity was the result of a conflict of interest. In response, the Royal Foundation claimed that it had handled the transfers appropriately. “They were fully in line with governance requirements and were reported transparently,” a spokesperson said.
Meghan and Harry’s new charity, Archewell Foundation, seems to have been designed to avoid some of these pitfalls. It is a registered 501 non-profit organization in the U.S., which means it must uphold certain transparency standards, and focuses on directing funds to existing charities and projects instead of starting its own.