Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell Foundation has been ruled “delinquent” over unpaid fees and missing paperwork.
The Californian Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the notice of delinquency this month as Archewell had not paid annual registration fees or submitted an annual report, NBC News reports.
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The organisation cannot now raise or distribute funds.
A source told the outlet that Archewell’s initial cheque was “lost in the mail” however payment has since been resubmitted and the issue will be resolved in a matter of days.
Harry and Meghan launched the Archwewell Foundation in 2020 after they stepped down as senior working royals of the British royal family.
“We consciously partner with key organisations and leaders to identify immediate needs, build meaningful initiatives, and drive long-term change,” the foundation states on its website.
Its motto is “show up, do good”, with the organisation adding on its home page: “We believe in the power of community as a transformative solution for our collective wellbeing.”
Archewell is a mix of for-profit and not-for-profit divisions and includes Archewell Audio and Archewell Productions, which have collaborated with the likes of Spotify and Netflix in multi-million deals.
News of the blow has emerged as Harry and Meghan wrapped up a three-day tour of Nigeria to promote Harry’s Invictus Games, the international sporting event he founded in 2014 to give injured or sick military personnel and veterans the chance to compete, similar to the Paralympics.
The California-based couple were also there to champion mental health of young people affected by conflicts in the region.
On Saturday, day two of the tour, Meghan was a spectator at a training session for Nigeria: Unconquered, a charity that works alongside Harry’s Invictus Games Foundation, People reported.
The couple watched a volleyball game, both donning Nigerian flag scarves around their necks in green and white colours.
Earlier Meghan referred to Nigeria as “my country”, revealing her DNA test results at a function on Friday night.
“I want to start by saying thank you very much for just how gracious you’ve all been in welcoming my husband and I to this country … my country,” she told the Wuse Lightway Academy in Abuja.
Learning she was “43 per cent Nigerian,” Meghan told the crowd that the first thing she did was “call my mum, because I wanted to know if she had any awareness of it.”