The Duke of Sussex has resigned from a charity that he set up to honour his late mother, following a row between the trustees and the chair of its board.

Prince Harry co-founded Sentebale in 2006 to help people in southern Africa living with HIV and Aids. In a statement this week, he announced that he was stepping down because the trustees' relationship with the chair "broke down beyond repair" after she was asked to resign and took legal action. 

His exit is the latest chapter in a mixed history of ties between the royals and the charity sector.

What is the history of royals and charities?
The first recorded patronage of a charity by a member of the royal family was George II's involvement with the Society of Antiquaries in the 18th century – a tie that continues to this day, with the Duke of Gloucester as the current royal patron.

More than 1,000 organisations now have a royal patron or president. The engagements and events they attend "draw in other well-connected donors and celebrities", Rob Cope, director of Remember A Charity, told the BBC. There's "no doubt" that royals "drive millions and millions of pounds" to the charity sector every year.

How are charities affected when royals go rogue?
Lurid media allegations against royals can have knock-on effects for charities to which they are linked. When the Duchess of York was "all over the tabloids" in the early 1990s, the Motor Neurone Disease Association "considered breaking with her", Stephen Cook, editor of Third Sector magazine, told the BBC.

And when Prince Andrew faced a civil action in the US over sexual assault allegations, which he denied, he was stripped of all his charity patronages – a total of more than 200, including with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the English National Ballet and the RNID.

Have there been other issues?
Last year, King Charles and Prince William were accused of taking millions of pounds in rent, through their private estates, from organisations including cash-strapped charities. 

A spokesperson said the Duchy of Cornwall was a "private estate with a commercial imperative".  All the same, said The Observer's Catherine Bennett, how long will the British public "stomach sermons from royals made rich by their own charities"?

Sparkling white straight teeth have long been considered a must for a perfect smile among the rich and famous. Now, however, a more natural and characterful set of British gnashers appears to be in vogue in Hollywood.

Stockport-born actor Aimee Lou Wood, star of the latest series of "The White Lotus", is among those whose unique and unaltered smiles are shifting expectations. She and other emerging new faces are ending "decades of dental dominance from large and very white veneers or crowns", said The Telegraph.

'Joy of seeing real teeth'
"Actress of the moment" Wood has been "heralded as a radical because she has not had her teeth done", said Grazia. In what appears like an "act of rebellion, she and others like her are daring to "love their natural features". Yet while the "discourse" around the shift "might be celebratory", there "shouldn’t be" so much focus on an actor maintaining their natural features, which can come across as "extremely condescending".

But there is a real "joy" in "seeing real teeth reflected back at us on our screens", said Daisy Jones in British Vogue. At a time when "societal notions of beauty are more homogenised than ever", anything that can potentially help a "teenage girl feel better and more confident about" her smile "can only be a good thing".

'Orthodontic agony'
Brits' "long-standing bad brushing habits" and "inability to get in the dentist's chair" have long made it "hard to imagine" that British teeth could "reach the pearly heights of the Hollywood smile", said The Independent.

There may be no "clearer demonstration of the difference between America and Britain" than in their "attitudes towards teeth", said Hannah Moore in The Spectator. In America, you "subject yourself to years of semi-torture to achieve" a "white picket fence of perfectly uniform teeth", telling yourself that "years of orthodontic agony" is preferable to ending up with "British teeth". But "crooked doesn’t mean unhealthy", and that has traditionally been "what Americans get wrong".

British smiles now seem to be "moving the needle", simply by having "natural teeth on screen", said Grazia. But the "collective fascination" and "obsession" with distinctive teeth like Wood's may speak "to a wider cultural issue regarding modern beauty standards".

Amid the "drudgery" of everyday life, booking in some fun is a smart move, said Radio Times. And for "tears-inducing belly laughs", you can't do much better than a comedy show. Here are some of the UK's funniest comedians on tour in 2025.

Greg Davies: Full Fat Legend
Davies' turn as the "commanding and capricious host" of TV's "Taskmaster" has made him so popular that he's now filling arenas around the country, said The Times. "Will his enjoyment of life's absurdities remain as captivating on a larger scale? We can but hope."

Rob Beckett: Giraffe
Beckett is back with his "cheeky brand of observational comedy", said Radio Times. "Giraffe" will be his last stand-up tour before quitting to spend more time with his family, so snap up tickets while you can. Beckett will be performing at 56 venues across the UK and Ireland, including Aberdeen, Liverpool and Sheffield.

John Bishop: 25 Years of Stand Up
Bishop brings a "signature warmth and razor-sharp wit" to all his shows, said Edinburgh Evening News. This autumn, the legendary comedian will be celebrating his 25-year career by embarking on his tenth stand-up tour, with stops including London, Manchester and Glasgow.

Katherine Ryan: Battleaxe
Ryan's ongoing UK tour will continue into the summer with stops in Woking, Stockton-on-Tees, Milton Keynes and Sunderland. Expect "fearless takes" on everything from motherhood to fame from one of comedy's "sharpest voices", said Edinburgh Evening News.

People voted for positive 'change' – not pushing children into poverty
Carla Denyer in Metro
Fourteen years of Conservative austerity has "left us a poorer, sicker and less resilient country", writes Carla Denyer, so "you might think" a Labour government "elected on a mantra of 'change' would be determined to turn things around". Instead it announces cut after cut, even as military spending gets a "multi-billion pound" boost. "Why is it that this government can find money to potentially bomb people, but not find money to actually help people?"

Social media is just the latest enemy of public health puritans
Abbie MacGregor on The Critic
"Professional public health fanatics" operate "upon the illusion of perfection", writes Abbie MacGregor. They "cling to the belief" that there was once "an ideal state of human existence" and "cannot bear to imagine" that people may "actually derive pleasure from smoking a cigarette, drinking a pint or laying a bet". The "trendiest target" in their pattern of "misplaced" blame is social media, with calls for a ban for under-16s. "Public health obsessives want to punish humans for simply being human."

The dangerously flawed assisted dying legislation should be abandoned
The Times editorial board
It's "difficult" to take our government seriously on the "most vital question" of "the right of the state to sanction medically-assisted suicide", says The Times. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill may not be introduced until 2029, a "tacit admission" that it is "not fit for purpose", its provisions are a "mess" and its parliamentary journey "an unconscionable waste of time". The committee scrutinising it should "administer the coup de grâce and kill this bill".