Prince Harry and Meghan have quietly auctioned access to themselves to the highest bidder as a way of raising money, it can be revealed.
It's said tickets to attend a dinner with the Sussexes go for around $100,000 (£75,000) a plate, as they use the company Charity
Buzz to raise funds for their charity Archewell.
Up to now the charity has relied on anonymous wealthy donors, which has allowed them to make grants to their selected good causes.
Last night, a spokesman for Archewell confirmed: 'We have partnered with numerous fundraising partners over the years and CharityBuzz has been one of them.'
A source explained that Archewell had used the company to support a fundraising dinner on World Mental Health Day.
CharityBuzz has raised $650 million (£485million) for charity since opening 20 years ago and has run charity events with George Cloony, Beyonce and Sir Paul McCartney.
Paying to have dinner with – or access to – a working member of the Royal Family is seen as a no-no and one of Fergie's many solecisms was to offer access to the then prince Andrew for cash. However, the Sussexes haven't been working royals since Megxit.
The access to Harry and Meghan appears not to have been advertised on the company website, so may have been offered privately to 'high rollers' who have previously paid to rub shoulders with celebrities.
A source said of their association with CharityBuzz: 'People will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to have dinner with them.'
Current offers include having dinner with Better Call Saul actor Bob Odenkirk for $10,000 (£7,500) and platinum tickets to attend the Grammy awards for $50,000 (£37,000).
Meanwhile, sources reveal change is afoot at the Archewell Foundation, with talk of staff 'restructuring'.
The spokesman commented: 'Yes, we are making some Archewell changes, and we'll be sharing exciting developments regarding how we will deliver our philanthropic work moving forward, when we choose to. We look forward to communicating more in due course.'
Founded in 2020, the Archewell Foundation is the hub of the Sussexes' philanthropic focus. Last year, it gave a total of £1,026,240 to charitable causes, and received £4,183,892 in grants – largely from one cash injection of £3,947,148, understood to have come from Fidelity Charitable, a US-based fund that also donated £789,415 the previous year.
The remaining income came from five anonymous individuals.
Source: Daily mirror
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