(ANSA) - LONDON, AUGUST 19 - One and a half million dollars destined for projects in favor of poor children in Africa and entrusted to a charity which he himself recently co-founded with his wife Meghan and others. It is the donation put on the plate by Prince Harry, second son of the heir to the British throne Charles and the late Lady Diana, according to media announcements today.
The sum of money is taken from the advance of the rights guaranteed to the Duke of Sussex by the publisher who is preparing to publish an autobiography of his in the coming months: much awaited in bookstores, as much as feared at court for the embarrassing hypotheses it could contain.
The announcement was made on the sidelines of the participation of Harry himself - who moved to the US with his family after last year's loss of dynastic commitments - in a charity polo match held in Aspen, Colorado, as part of the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo. Cup.
The initiative co-founded by the prince, reads a notary taken by the British agency PA - aims to offer "vulnerable children in southern Africa in terms of immediate needs such as access to vital health care or training for the development of skills that allow them to be more resilient and self-sufficient in the future ". "I am proud to support this project both with my personal image and financially," said Harry, saying he was "grateful to be able to give back some of what I have received to children and communities in acute need". (HANDLE).