Prince Harry has discreetly returned to an important subject following a slew of controversies tainting a charity that was close to his heart.
The Duke of Sussex showed up this week to support the scandal-ridden African Parks Conservation at Scale event, alongside Rob Walton, president of the African Parks Foundation of America, Jordan Rose Walton, Phoenix Sun’s Devin Booker, Khaman Maluach and others in Arizona.
The charity launched its billion-dollar campaign for large-scale conservation at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year, and Harry came to reinforce the message.
“This five-year effort is designed to secure and expand the effective management of Africa’s most critical protected areas – strengthening our existing portfolio, expanding into new priority landscapes and building long-term conservation capacity across the continent,” Harry said at the event.
“We came together this evening to support a great cause, African Parks Network with Rob and Jordan Walton, Prince Harry and others, but it reminded me of something bigger: when exceptional humans come together with heart, generosity and purpose… incredible things happen.”
Harry, like his former brother Prince William, has strong ties to Africa and is passionate about making a difference in the region.
King Charles’ youngest son sits on the board of African Parks, a non-profit conservation charity, and has been involved there since 2016. Unfortunately, it is also tainted by shocking allegations.
Reports published in 2024 accused African Parks rangers of beating, drowning and raping locals to prevent them from accessing their ancestral forests, which are now in a conservation area.
Furthermore, at the end of 2025, Chad abruptly broke off its 15-year partnership with African Parks, expelling the NGO from its protected reserves in the country.
However, African Parks issued a lengthy statement acknowledging that “in some incidents, human rights violations took place, and we deeply regret the pain and suffering caused to the victims.”
They noted that they “integrate safeguards into all of our operations.”
