The Faux Royal 'half-in/half out' Role Played Out in Australia, Ukraine, and Switzerland

Harold finally admitted it – he considers himself a ‘working royal’ after dismissing the term ‘non-working’ royal in an interview with ITV’s Shifty, stating he will always be a member of the RF, and that he was ‘working’ in Ukraine, and that he was born for the ‘work’. The problem is that he represent no one, and the work that the RF does is on behalf of the country. He (and TW) may claim that their presence and PR highlights causes, leading to further donations but does it, or are they merely vanity PR projects chosen to promote their personal profiles and fill their financial pockets?

The entities they promote often block critical users on social media, limit comments, or delete the ones they don’t like. Some don’t even bother posting knowing there will be backlash. Hardly the actions of a flourishing or reputable entity if they refuse to answer queries on donations (Invictus Games and WellChild) and how they are used, or can’t accept critical remarks on what many deem are inappropriate images or actions (for example, Harold commenting on humanitarian corridors in the Middle East war in Jordan).

It was apparently obvious that after the Sandringham Summit (back in January 2020), where it was agreed that the half-in/half out model was unacceptable (you’re either in or out), that the duo didn’t like it and wailed it was unfair. From the start, they were going to push the boundaries to carry out engagements to appear as royal visits/interactions, and to request payment for them by way of fees for personal appearances and for word salad speeches, or through exorbitant expenses.

The recent visits to Australia 14-18 April 2026, Ukraine 23-24 April 2026 (again), and Switzerland 17 May 2026, show that the duo are masquerading as representative members of the RF, carrying out engagements of their choosing and exploiting their status for financial incentives. Now that the late Queen has passed, they aren’t even bothering to pretend what they are doing. Of course it needs to stop, but C3 is weak and ill, and until he does, the damage continues.

They purported to represent charities such as the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, when they were officially ‘out’ during their grace period year, and clung to patronages that the late Queen had offered to them. Once they were formally removed, the knives were whipped out and the duo hurled accusations of racism and bullying at the RF, the media, and the people of the UK. It looked very much a case of them quitting before they got fired and charged for various offences, and they’d already been kicked out of Kensington Palace.

The problem as we saw at the Kyiv Security Forum is that people are misled into thinking Harold speaks for, and represents the UK, especially as they introduced him with Union Flags either side of him. He was there to represent the Invictus Games (again, they funded the trip) but what he said was inappropriate given that he was using his royal title and giving ‘advice’ to Trump and Putin. Loose lips sinks ships, and during a war can lead to unnecessary deaths when countries make inappropriate political comments.

Now, if he had used Henry Mountbatten-Windsor, that would be a clear sign that he was speaking as a private individual and not as a member of the RF, so why doesn’t he? He had to use Harry Wales in the Army, so why not used Henry Mountbatten-Windsor for his Archewell ‘speeches’ and any other fee paying events? Yes, it’s rhetorical, because without the Prince or ducal title he is nothing, and no one will be interested in even seeing him, let alone take his call.

The Enablers

Those who enable the duo are equally to blame, namely Yulia Svyrydenko, the current prime minister of Ukraine who showers Harold with gifts and calls him His Royal Highness in all of her social media posts (more than a year now) even though it was stated and agreed that the HRH is no longer to be used. Harold had donated some money (via Archewell) to Superhumans, a Ukrainian centre for injured veterans, thus why Ukraine thinks there is more money to be had. Ukraine wants to host the Invictus Games, so Invictus Ukraine seems to be spending money on Harold as an investment, because if they get the games then they can acquire more funding (corruption is rife in Ukraine even during the war, so many would expect some of the funds to be misappropriated at some point). For those who haven’t kept up with events in Ukraine, government ministers, judges, local officials and army personnel have all been arrested for embezzlement and corruption and that’s only in the past year, where funds that came via donations from other countries for Ukraine had been misappropriated.

Seriously, why does Ukraine think they can host the Invictus Games when Russia has invaded the country, and there is no viable indication of a peace treaty? Any money Ukraine has needs to be spent on rebuilding the country, and paying back its debts. Funding for a week long games event for veterans is hardly an appropriate use of time or funds given that soldiers are dying each day during the current conflict, and that looks set to continue for at least 2 more years.

Don’t get me wrong, I support Ukraine’s right to defend itself from aggressors, but they are sending the wrong message to the world by aiming to host a games event ahead of securing liberty and peace in their own country, and begging other countries to pay for and provide the weapons. By all means, countries should help others to defend themselves when attacked, but not when a country fails to prioritise its spending of donated financial resources.

Ukraine is using Harold, thinking he will donate more money and that his presence will generate more donations, while Harold is using Ukraine as a platform to appear as if he is of global importance, which he isn’t.

Then there is Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), who has supported and financed several Harkle/Archewell trips, after Archewell donated some cash for Covid-19 vaccines several years ago.

In February 2026, the duo took a two-day humanitarian trip to Jordan at the invitation of Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, meaning the WHO funded the entire trip. The BBC called it a ‘tour’ while the PR paid Vanity Fair called it a semi-official trip. It was in reality neither, as the duo were invited as donors to the WHO (there were other donors there too), and there was nothing official about it, but just as Harold used to take donors on visits to Lesotho for Sentebale, the aim was purely to persuade the donor to give more money.

Obviously, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus appears to be a little dim if he can’t see how toxic TW is, and that the Harkles are using his dimness and the WHO to promote their own causes, narratives, and agendas. Given that there were practically no crowds to watch the unveiling of the memorial in Geneva, that alone speaks for itself. No one is interested in what she says, and while social media harms exist, they are matters of law and government and not for the WHO.

Again, the WHO has enabled TW in Geneva, Switzerland where she unveiled a rather seemingly pointless ‘Lost Screen Memorial’ on 17 May 2026 (only up until 22 May 2026 according to some reports as it covers a large public area), the day before the 79th WHO World Health Assembly. As ever, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sings TW’s praises, quite what for no one actually knows, and he presents her with a WHO field vest, even though she didn’t bother to stay for the group photo at the Place des Nations.

The social media comments were 96% negative, questioning whether the WHO is credible and whether Dr Tedros has the ability to head an organisation when he appears to have poor judgement.

The Invictus Games Foundation and Sentebale were Harold’s go to charitable entities that he could control, and call upon if he needed some PR, and a jolly to be paid for. The Sentebale gig was cut off when Sophie Chandauka became the Chair 2023, and addressed issues that other board members had been told to ignore. Harold left as patron and currently Sentebale are suing Harold and Mark Dyer for defamation after making some public allegations about Chandauka, and how the charity had been run in March 2025.

That leaves the Invictus Games Foundation, (now commonly known as Ingriftus) and the various sub entities, such as Invictus Dusseldorf Germany, Invictus Australia, Invictus Vancouver/Whistler, and Invictus Birmingham 2027, who have their own funding platforms and who are responsible for hosting the games.

Thus, while the host nation can use some funds for expenses, another way to pay for the Harkle’s expenses is to get the sponsor to pay for them directly so there is no paper trail. Alternatively, the host nation can ‘donate’ a sum to an Archewell entity in order for expenses to claimed against (this is what an auditor told me, and is quite common). Of course non of it is illegal, but would be considered unethical because charitable funds are being used for luxury transportation and accommodation costs.

We already know that Invictus Games Düsseldorf 2023,( presented by Boeing who have recently chosen not to renew their sponsorship of the Invictus Games) paid the expenses for the Harkles, even with a military plane sent to pick them up from the UK. Much was made of the excessive expenses that the duo must have racked up for unnecessary pre-events and event itself, but this was funded by a military marketing budget under the premise it was to promote the military and to encourage more people to join.

Germany was quite open about this, but only after citizens demanded to know who was footing the bill for the duo, but the same cannot be said about Invictus Vancouver/Whistler games, where the budget information has been redacted. I’ve been told government auditors have been told not to look into matters and to turn a blind eye to the accounts.

We all know that the Invictus Games pays for the Harkle’s expenses (whether it’s the Foundation or the host countries and their sponsors), and reasonable amounts are acceptable. Yet, TW and Harold insist on private planes, and TW has at least 3-4 outfit changes in a day which suggests she is using the event to promote her outfits (for financial incentives), and that’s perhaps why Boeing and other companies chose not to renew their sponsorship with IG, and why the Australian government have chosen to give the funding to other charities where there is more transparency with how the funds will be used.

Deloitte has signed up as an official partner for Birmingham, but has supported the IG in the past, and given that they specialise in accounts and auditing, then perhaps their services would come in handy when an audit is requested?

Indeed, Invictus Games has been an enabler, in Ukraine, Australia, and now the UK. However, Invictus UK 2027, is struggling with the recent resignations of 3 board members, including a co-chair who just happens to be a lawyer (Melloney Poole) who works in the charity sector.

The Invictus Games Foundation embarked on a crisis rebuttal strategy by using the digital communications manager to answer queries on X. No surprise that he gave vague answers to queries that were general, and then he started blocking people, and made his account private when he failed to answer basic questions.

The Invictus Games Foundation tried to do some damage limitation by stating that UK competitors and their families will get their travel and accommodation covered in another social media post. Well, that is a given as the UK is a small country and the costs would be minimal (compared to flying to another country) and hotels in Birmingham NEC aren’t exactly high end or expensive either. The government has given them £26 million of public funds to host the games, so it was expected that IG would cover the costs for the participants.

The problem lies in the transparency of the use of funds, and many organisations and previous participants have chosen not to take part or be involved with the Invictus Games, as they see it as a tarnished entity. Sponsors don’t appear to be rushing to be involved either, and given that Harold is still patron, that is also a turn off for spectators and donors who consider his actions to be disgraceful, disrespectful, and some even see it as treasonous. No one with ethics or morals wants to support him or be involved with anything he is aligned with.

The Australia ‘visit’ and the Invictus Games

The Harkle media claimed the Australia visit/tour was a hit, but that was paid for propaganda as evidenced by the photos, where there were no crowds to greet them at Sydney harbour but empty barriers, and the Bondi Beach photo shoot consisted of the volunteers at the Bondi Surf Bathers’ Life Saving Club and the media. Even the assigned police didn’t bother to go on the beach and remained in their vehicles, while sunbathers ignored them.

Then came the crunch, the visit had allegedly been funded in part by Invictus Australia who featured heavily during the visit, with the faux royal wreath laying ceremonies, boat rides in Sydney Harbour, and the launch of the Invictus Australia Sports Festival (15 April 2026) with competitors from Australia, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea being invited, set to be held in Perth, in October 2026.

No one expected that a few weeks later (13 May 2026), that the Australian government would cease funding to Invictus Australia (around $3 million a year) and stated that the funding would go to support other veteran projects instead. This came after heavy criticism of the recent Invictus Vancouver games, where the budget of the grants were heavily redacted. The question is why would a charity need to redact information on how their funding was used, especially when most of it was from the government (therefore taxpayers money)?

With a loss of funding, will the new games even go ahead, and if Harold had been planning a visit, there won’t be much cash in the kitty to pay for him to come over.

One could say that the Australian trip was a failure if the government chose not to renew any Invictus Games funding, especially as that was the purpose of such ‘work visits’ by the Harkles, which are intended to encourage further donations and grants. In fact, it was quite the opposite with the left-wing government halting all funding to the Invictus Games. One could say that they have been ‘harkled’. Who knows if the same decision would have been made if the Harkles had not visited and made such a spectacle of themselves in the country?

I’m sure the Invictus Australia team are disappointed and confused, but it was a result of their own stupidity and arrogance. After investing all that money and time into the duo during the visit, they assumed it would lead to increased funding, but it resulted on the exact opposite. They must now rely on sponsorship from companies and other donors, but given the recent reports on the Invictus Games in Canada being less than transparent about how funding was used in their budget reports, sponsors are likely to be apprehensive about donating funds that may end up paying for private jets for the Harkles instead of supporting veterans.

During the visit, Getty Images that covered the trip referred to it as a royal tour in some of their photo descriptions, but the use of the world ‘royal’ was used in most of the descriptions. A false and misleading impression? I would say so, and is factually incorrect, given that this was supposed to be a private visit, but it was anything but that. It was a ‘faux royal tour’ where the duo expected to be treated like working members of the RF, and assumed their appearances would make some kind of difference or be relevant in some way.

The visit to the Royal Children’s Hospital, in Melbourne was pure PR, with the duo posing for photos with sick children who were told to remove their masks for the photos. There were the usual hugging photos, which as ever, leaves a bad taste in the mouth with anyone with ethics or morals. They were there for the photo ops, and reports claim that actors were hired to fill up the hospital to make it look full.

One would imagine a hospital would have to work to a schedule with operations and treatments, and the sight of vulnerable sick children hanging around in the halls with masks on whilst waiting for the duo was in itself sickening and wholly inappropriate. Who knows if those sick children got worse by being forced to remove their masks while being surrounded by the media and outsiders who may well have been carrying viruses and germs?

As for money, while some engagements didn’t carry a fee, the publicity itself was worth it, and TW chose to launch her account on oneoff world, an app that promotes fashion outfits from personalities, who then make money via affiliate links. Poor taste one could say, by cashing in on outfits when she visited sick children and victims of the Bondi Beach attack. Alas, when the overpriced spread/jam sales fail, it’s back to flogging the ducal title until C3 has the balls and guts to stop it.

Another visit to dangerous Ukraine

Harold travelled to Kyiv, Ukraine for the Kyiv Security Forum (23-24 April 2026), meaning he would have flown to Poland on 22 April 2026, in order to get the overnight train to arrive in Kyiv on 23 April 2026.

This was his third visit to Ukraine, yes, a country that is dangerous to visit due to the Russian invasion with drones and missiles hitting Kyiv regularly, but somehow, Harold thinks it’s safer than the UK. Hence why he says he needs paid for protection in the UK, but will go off to Ukraine to speak on political matters that he has no business getting involved with.

The visit was not so much a surprise, but that Kyiv permitted him to speak and with two Union Flags either side of him to suggest he was representing and speaking for the UK. That was misleading because he was not representing or speaking for the UK, but used his British titles and was officially there as the founder of the Invictus Games. Again, the enabling entity (IG) seemed to have organised and paid for the trip.

His speech came ahead of his father’s state visit to the USA where C3 gave an address to Congress (28 April 2026). Somehow, C3 pulled it off, and charmed Trump and most members of Congress, and everyone seemed to forget about Harold’s egotistic faux pas.

There was more wreath laying at the Bucha memorial where again, the media implied that Harold was there representing the UK and the British Royal Family by using his ducal title. He was supposed to be there on a private business visit, but we all know that he was trying to appear as if he was there representing the RF. He was also seen signing a copy of SPARE at the memorial. Was that even appropriate?

A discussion on Invictus Ukraine led to Harold praising Ukraine as the best organised team in Invictus, stating that the government works so well with the veterans, better than any other country. The reality is that Ukraine’s army is a shambles, with men escaping the country to avoid conscription, those who are recruited are poorly trained, there aren’t enough soldiers to rotate those who are active, and so Harold’s comments are a joke. Zelenskyy, the President admits that the army needs to be better trained and organised, with other countries training Ukrainian soldiers.

Harold stayed an extra day, and that was to play the Diana card with a staged PR photo op with HALO, where he walked across an area that had been cleared of landmines. Again, another entity that enables Harold, whenever he needs a bit of a PR boost.

Was it a success or a failure? He was mocked by Trump, the media mocked his Diana recreation photos (again), and no one really cared or listened to what he said. Was that another waste of Invictus Games funds…

TW and the WHO in Geneva, Switzerland

When TW posted an image of herself inside an old dated wardrobe with the girl child at her feet, it was obvious that she was promoting something. Yes, it was the insipid lilac attire she wore, and the Armani suit that she had on display and had deliberately made the label visible.

What are the main things that the image highlights? As ever, the girl child still has no face, has graduated from pink pyjamas to red ones, that she has dirty wonky feet, and even a red scrunchie doesn’t make the messy hair look neat. Then you look at the dated wardrobe, where it’s clear the house is rented and they can’t alter things, or they don’t have the money for a modern walk-in wardrobe. Also, it shows that TW does have access to a mirror, alas, she doesn’t know how to use one.

The hypocrisy is clear in that TW is using the girl child for social media engagement, and as for social harms, the Harkle cult are social media demons who attack and threaten people online and in person. TW is head of the pack, and various sources claim that her PR company, via third parties offer financial incentives to the cult members who post and attack others regularly. TW has some gall, to pontificate on social media harms while she leads a pack of demonic vultures who create social harms. The WHO are fools who either choose not to see this, or are simply dumber than dumb.

Both of the outfits appeared the following day, 17 May 2026, when TW arrived to unveil the ‘Lost Screen Memorial’ around 6pm in Geneva, Switzerland in conjunction with the WHO and hosted by super enabler, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation.

Who was TW representing? Archewell Philanthropies? The entity that officially hasn’t been registered anywhere as the transition process appears to be still active rather than being finalised?

As ever, she appeared with various bronzer lines, a huge faux pas where her neck, chest and face were all different shades of brown or orange. The suit at least seemed to fit except that the wide pants were too long and dragged on the pavement as ever, making them look like clown pants.

On a warm Sunday evening in a business city, there were bound to be no crowds except for a handful of invited guests at Place des Nations. No fans showed up, and in the background people were walking their dogs, riding their bicycles, and basically took no interest in TW or the memorial.

It was an obvious PR move to make TW appear as if she was relevant and important on a global scale, and the WHO enabled this, leading to the question as to whether Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is fit for purpose in his role? The sycophantic man posts gushing remarks on TW on his own social media account, but in reality what has she or Harold actually done other than to dish out 10 minutes regurgitated word salad speeches on social media harms? The irony being that TW openly exploited the girl child on Instagram for clicks the day before, and with such hypocrisy, the WHO no longer is a credible entity by endorsing TW’s behaviour and antics, and for providing a platform for their PR. While social media harms can affect all ages, is it really a health issue relevant for the WHO, or one of governmental laws and safeguards?

Archewell may have donated money for the memorial, but what tangible function does that actually have? It might be good for photo ops for the week it is up, but even the locals and tourists had no interest, so was the PR and photo ops a waste of money and time, because that’s all it really was, and an opportunity for TW to promote her outfits and make some cash on the side.

All of the media outlets seemed to have the same press release, but a 10 minute word salad speech, that some claim was plagiarised or AI generated really is little interest to the general public. Those who were there were staff members and invited guests from a local charity on social harms. The few people around looked like tourists out for an evening stroll before dinner.

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Mind you, the hugging photos were worth the PR, and can be recycled at a later date, but TW didn’t bother to stay for the group photo at the end, and it looks as if no one missed her or cared.

Apparently she was too busy dashing off to have dinner with Wille Rydman, the Finnish minister for social and health affairs. Networking as ever, and quite possibly trying to get the Finnish government to pay for a faux ‘royal’ trip to Finland? I mean, the trips to Columbia, Nigeria, Australia, and Jordan went so well…

It’s apparent that all these trips/visits while billed as private visits were intended to be viewed as pseudo royal tours, with the duo expecting the host countries to provide security and transport, as well as to open the doors to wherever they wanted to visit. They also expected to be treated as royalty, and to be showered with gifts, and claim that the trips are ‘work trips’ as humanitarians. What they fail to grasp in that true humanitarians give, and that they have humility and are humble. They do not stage photos for PR, or expect charities to pay for their expenses, but accept local hospitality.

Given that more people are choosing not to donate to entities associated with the Harkles, and people are opting not to be associated with them either (Invictus Games participants are opting not to be part of the games any longer due to TW’s inappropriate behaviour at some events), one can say that have failed at their ‘work’. They wanted the half-in/half-out, to parade as royals and to have the privileges, and to pick and choose engagements and the charities, and to be paid for personal expenses and appearances. That isn’t service, but an abuse and exploitation of a royal title and Queen Elizabeth II knew it. The question is has the penny dropped for C3 yet?

• The Australian excursion was billed as a success, but the end result was the withdrawal of Invictus Australia funding. So, I would say that was a fail as Harold claimed their ‘work’ was to highlight causes to gain additional funding and donations and not to well, lose what funding had been in place.

• The Ukraine excursion was a risky PR move, with Harold speaking on sensitive political matters at an international event (Kyiv Security Forum) and he claimed he wanted to remind people of the war in Ukraine. We all know that the war is still ongoing, and his call for Putin to stop the war sounded, well, inept. He attempted to appear as if he was knowledgable, but he was not and directed comments towards Trump (an elected official whether you like him or not) and Putin. Fortunately so far, he has been ignored with Trump stating that Harold doesn’t speak for the UK, and made light of Harold’s own plight with that wife of his (hence the initials TW, although many have chosen other connotations!) The staged HALO PR photo shoot was also mocked, with the media a little tired of him playing the Diana card, showing him walking through a cleared minefield.

• The Switzerland jaunt, that TW carried out alone was rather pitiful. No one showed up unless they had been paid (working) and handful of families that the local charity had rounded up provided some PR photos for TW. The trip was an attempt for TW to appear relevant on the global platform and as an opportunity to promote her outfits, but it failed as no one showed up, and even passersby didn’t stop. The media mocked the lack of interest and crowds, and even Getty Images chose not to carry images of empty chairs, and barriers with no one behind them.