King Charles announces major decision days after Prince Harry ‘disappoints’ monarch

Britain’s King Charles has announced his big decision regarding the charities the monarch founded as Prince of Wales.

The royal family shared King Charles’ decision on the official X, former Twitter handle, saying: “Announced today, following the accession of Her Majesty…

“The prince’s trust will become the king’s trust.

“The PWCF will become the King Charles III Charitable Fund (KCCF).

“And the Prince’s Foundation shall become the King’s Foundation.”

The royal family also shared details about the charities.

The Prince’s Trust will become The King’s Trust

The King’s Trust was founded by Charles as Prince of Wales in 1976. The charity helps young people who have faced disadvantage and adversity to build a better future for themselves through employment, education and business. Since it was set up, the Trust has helped more than a million young people across the UK.

The King’s Trust has been operating outside the UK since 2015, delivering programs across Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East through Prince’s Trust International as well as support through Prince’s Trust Australia, Prince’s Trust Canada, Prince’s Trust Aotearoa New Zealand. Prince’s Trust USA and Prince’s Trust Group Company. These organizations will also reflect the change at The King’s Trust.

Together the charities deliver education, employability and enterprise programs to underserved youth and communities in more than 20 countries around the world.

Prince of Wales’s Charitable Trust to become King Charles III’s Charitable Trust

Established in 1979, the King Charles III Charitable Fund makes grants and incubates initiatives to help people and communities change the world around them.

Inspired by Her Majesty’s values ​​of harmony and sustainability, the Fund invests in a range of causes including Environment and the countryside, Social Inclusion, Health and Wellbeing and Heritage and Education. The Fund is committed to creating lasting improvements in people’s lives and a sustainable future for all.

The Prince’s Foundation will become the King’s Foundation

Founded in 1986, The King’s Foundation is based in Dumfries House, Ayrshire, and operates at Highgrove Gardens in Gloucestershire, Castle of Mey in Caithness and locations in London including The Garrison Chapel and Trinity Buoy Wharf. The charity’s focus is on creating communities where people, places and the planet coexist in harmony.

The Foundation’s work aims to educate, inspire and demonstrate how practical knowledge from the past can create sustainable community prosperity in the present.

It attracts over a quarter of a million visitors to its homes and gardens every year, offers life-changing programs for 15,000 students and vital health and wellness programs for 2,000 people a year.

King Charles’ latest decision comes just days after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “disappointed” the monarch over Lillibet and Archie, as the Duke reportedly turned down an invitation to his 75th birthday.