Prince Harry is feeling "total shock" at the allegations being made in the aftermath of his resignation from his Sentebale charity, his friend says.

Prince Harry said on Thursday he hoped Britain's charity regulator would "unveil the truth" after it opened a compliance case into his charity Sentebale following accusations from its chair that he was guilty of "bullying at scale".

After the Duke of Sussex resigned from his role at the HIV and AIDS charity working in Africa on Wednesday, its chairwoman has now accused Harry of "harassment and bullying.”

Britain’s charity regulator has opened an investigation into an African charity co-founded by Prince Harry, a week after the prince and other trustees resigned due to a dispute with the charity’s chairwoman.

The Duke of Sussex condemned the “blatant lies” that he says have been spread since his decision to resign from the charity he co-founded in 2006.

Britain’s top charity watchdog announced it has launched an investigation into Sentebale, an African charity established by Prince Harry in memory of his mother, Princess Diana.

The Charity Commission is to examine the bitter dispute that led to the Duke of Sussex and several others resigning from the charity he co-founded. The watchdog announced it had begun a "regulatory compliance case" involving Sentebale,

Prince Harry responded to the U.K.'s Charity Commission confirming they had opened a "regulatory compliance case" into Sentebale, a charity the Duke of Sussex cofounded The Duke of Sussex said he hopes the "robust inquiry" will "unveil the truth that collectively forced us to resign" Sentebale's founders and board of trustees announced their resignation amid a fallout with the chairwoman,

The Charity Commission said it had opened a regulatory compliance case into Sentebale, a week after it emerged Harry had quit as patron. The royal founded the organisation in 2006 in honour of his mother Diana,