WHAT NOW FOR PRINCE HARRY?

Friends say the Duke of Sussex's current battle has left him reeling and distraught. We reveal the truth about the Prince's latest crisis...

- EMILY NASH

It is arguably one of the most challenging periods the Duke of Sussex has faced since his departure from the UK.

Left “reeling” by the extraordinary dispute that led to his resignation from Sentebale, the charity he founded in memory of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Harry now faces a battle for his security in the UK.

His lawyers return to the Court of Appeal this week in an attempt to have the protection arrangements he enjoyed as a working royal reinstated to cover him when he is in the country.

And the outcome could prove to be a make-or-break moment for the Duke's future plans.

Meanwhile, on the same day his case opens, his wife the Duchess will launch a new podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder. Produced by Lemonada Media, it arrives less than a week after she released a limited batch of As Ever products that sold out in under an hour.

But as Meghan's commercial career takes off, Prince Harry finds himself on a very different path, suddenly fighting to protect his legacy, as well as his future, as a philanthropist.

For the past fortnight, he has been at the centre of an astonishing crisis at Sentebale, the charity he set up nearly two decades ago after being moved to act by helping care for young HIV/Aids orphans during a life-changing gap-year stay in the African kingdom of Lesotho.

CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE

Harry served as co-founder and patron with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho until last month, when both resigned in solidarity with the board of trustees after “losing confidence” in the chair, Dr Sophie Chandauka, who has refused to stand down.

She in turn has hit back in a series of interviews, accusing the Duke and the former trustees of “harassment and bullying at scale”.

She also claims that she experienced “disrespect, bullying and intimidation” and “misogyny and misogynoir” in her role, all of which has been strongly denied by the other side.