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(NewsNation) — It’s been a rough start to 2025 for Prince Harry and it just got rougher.
The Time magazine Time 100 Philanthropy list was just announced and not only were Harry and Meghan Markle not mentioned for Archewell, the coveted honorarium went to Harry and Meghan’s nemesis, Prince William and his wife, Princess Catherine (Kate).
”This has got to sting,” my insider said. “It chafes.”
“Harry has always said he wants to devote his life to charity — and he has tried — but once again, he is overlooked for William.”
Kate Middleton, Prince William honored by Time Magazine
Time’s owner Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne have supported the Royal Foundation in the past — there is no record of them having donated to Harry’s Archewell — and in the article about William and Kate, Time notes, “Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, are less concerned with cultural preservation and more attuned to social issues, tackling homelessness and rural mental health through their Royal Foundation and spotlighting innovative solutions to climate change through the Earthshot Prize, an environmental award founded by William in 2020.”
THE HAGUE – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, during the athletics section of the fifth edition of the Invictus Games, an international sporting event for servicemen and veterans who have been psychologically or physically injured during their military service. ANP SEM VAN DER WAL (Photo by ANP via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT – Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry (R) and his wife, Meghan Markle embrace at The Invictus Games in The Hague on April 16, 2022. The Invictus Games is an international sporting event for servicemen and veterans who have been psychologically or physically injured in their military service. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 03: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex leave after a service of thanksgiving for the reign of Queen Elizabeth II at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Friday, June 3, 2022 on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. The events over a long holiday weekend in the U.K. are meant to celebrate the monarch’s 70 years of service. (Photo by Matt Dunham – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
FILE – Britain’s Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, waves during the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at Circuit of the Americas, on Oct. 22, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Prince Harry, the son of King Charles III and fifth in line to the British throne, has formally confirmed his is now a U.S. resident. Four years after Harry and his American wife, Meghan, decamped to a villa on the Southern California coast, a travel company he controls filed paperwork informing British authorities that he has moved and is now “usually resident” in the United States. (AP Photo/Nick Didlick, File)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle after their wedding. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)
Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William, Prince of Wales, leave the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park after taking part in an event with Coach Core, in London.
FILE – Britain’s Prince William, left, and Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales, attend a ceremonial welcome for the President and the First Lady of the Republic of Korea at Horse Guards Parade in London, England on Nov. 21, 2023. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE – Britain’s Prince William and his then fiancee Kate Middleton pose for the media at St. James’s Palace in London, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010, after they announced their engagement. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
FILE – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge stand outside of Westminster Abbey after their Royal Wedding in London, on April, 29, 2011. The fashion designer who created the wedding dress of Kate, the Princess of Wales, is stepping down as creative director at Alexander McQueen after two decades at the brand, luxury group Kering said Monday Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
“Crucial to the Waleses’ approach is aligning social imperatives with sound business strategies and building corporate alliances to expand their reach. To support her ‘Shaping Us’ campaign, which champions well-being initiatives for children five and younger, Catherine convened a business task force that included the Lego Group and, to assess impact, consulting firm Deloitte. Last spring, the group published a report that concluded investing in early childhood programs could yield an additional £45.5 billion ($60 billion) for the U.K. economy annually. The finding spurred task force members to commit millions towards these initiatives.”
Sadly, Harry’s initiatives haven’t gone so well this year.
Trouble brewing with Prince Harry, African Parks: Insider
As I exclusively reported last month, Archewell was found to have given over $50,000 to an anti-Israel activist (upon learning from me about the allegation, Archewell immediately cut ties with the group), Harry is said to be reeling with depression after resigning from his beloved Sentebale charity which he founded with the Prince of Lesotho almost two decades ago amid a fight with the charity’s new chairwoman … and now there’s massive trouble afoot with his other beloved cause, African Parks.
Last week, it was announced that an investigation led by Cherie Blair — the wife of the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair — found that a charity Prince Harry is connected to admitted its rangers commit human rights abuses against those in the Republic of Congo Indigenous communities, according to reports.
Harry is on the board of African Parks and has worked alongside it in the past.
The investigation was looking into accusations that rangers for African Parks in the Republic of Congo were guilty of human rights abuses against the indigenous population including rape and torture.
Harry has not commented on African Parks.