EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: US officials sink Prince Harry’s ‘vague’ plan to trademark Sentebale charity

As the Duke of Sussex’s relations with his father, his brother and even his country have mercilessly deteriorated, he has the comfort that the charities he founded here continue to flourish.

But today, on a fleeting visit to London, when he will give a lecture at St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the tenth anniversary of the Invictus Games, could he cast a concerned glance back at California?

I ask because his other major charity, Sentebale, founded in 2006 to help vulnerable African children, has, as I can reveal, run into trademark trouble in the US – for the time being thwarting plans to expand its operations in America .

Harry had hoped to secure a trademark for Sentebale in numerous categories, including ‘mental health services’ and ‘psychological and mental health counseling services’, not to mention ‘providing vaccinations’, ‘campaigning’ and ‘organizing conferences, seminars, courses’. , workshops and other events’, and ‘production of audio and/or video recordings’.

But the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office acknowledges that it found “no inconsistencies.” [trade]marks’, has given the application the thumbs down.

In a detailed statement, she points out that many, if not all, categories are insufficiently defined.

By littering the denial letter with the phrase “considered too vague” – inserted alongside category after category – it also rejects the use of “and/or” as a “generally not accepted” term.

It expressly states: ‘An application must explicitly specify the specific goods and services to which or in connection with which the applicant makes use, or has a bona fide intention to use, [trade]brand in the trade.’

Unfortunately, that’s not all. Accounts submitted to the Charity Commission here last week show that donations to the American Friends of Sentebale Foundation charity have halved in a year – from more than £1.2 million to £610,000.

Is it time for Harry to start tinkering in Montecito, the enclave for the fabulously wealthy of California where he lives?

Anya’s all-metal junket in Mexico

As star of the BBC gangster drama Peaky Blinders, Anya Taylor-Joy knows a thing or two about violence.

And the actress didn’t appear to be taking any chances with her personal safety during a visit to Mexico as she wore a harness. On closer inspection, it was a silver, sleeveless mini dress from Balmain. “My first time visiting Mexico,” she tells fans online, writing in Spanish, “Thank you for the love.”

Anya, 28, who attended the £25,300-a-year Queen’s Gate School in London, was in Mexico City to promote Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

Residents of Winchester Cathedral Close are baffled by the rumor that the cathedral is planning to abandon its historic chancel and focus more on ‘diversity and inclusivity’. It follows the unexpected departure of music director Andrew Lumsden, 61.

The choir foundation has received a new ‘Strategic Plan and Future Direction’. The first priority is to “increase the diversity of contributions,” that is, replacing Grammy-winning choristers with a variety of singers from other parts of the regional demographics. According to the plan, leaked to classical music website Slipped Disc, the cathedral’s two main ‘focus areas’ are ‘reach and access’ and ‘diversity and inclusion’. Holy wake up!

Gym bunny Hammond is bothered by May and Clarkson

Richard ‘The Hamster’ Hammond survived a near-fatal car crash while filming Top Gear and another while making The Grand Tour.

And he puts his recovery down to being much fitter than Jeremy Clarkson and James May.

“We would travel the world working,” Hammond, 54, explains. “If call time was 7 a.m., I’d be up at 5:30; if we were in a hotel I would use the gym; If it wasn’t, I’d go for a run. My theory is that it gets your body into repair mode.”

Clarkson, 64, and James May, 61, weren’t convinced: “They joked in the bar that exercise makes you stupid.”

Hammond adds: ‘I fell off a horse in Vietnam and broke my wrist, James fell off a horse in Patagonia but it took longer [for him] better.’

Dotcom entrepreneur Hugo Burge, who spent years restoring a huge country house on the Scottish borders before dying suddenly last year aged 51, left behind a fortune of more than £36million. Newly released probate documents reveal that Burge, who turned Marchmont House into a haven for artists, left a £36million estate after debts and bills were paid.

He gave £5,000 to the person who agreed to care for his dog, a bequest of £50,000 to two cousins ​​and £10,000 to a third, with the rest going to the Marchmont Makers Foundation.

Tragic bond that still unites Annabel and Strictly co-star

Their Strictly Come Dancing stint came to an end, but just months later former tennis star Annabel Croft remains so close to her professional partner, Johannes Radebe, that they speak daily.

“I’ve done jobs that I didn’t want to end, but this one felt particularly special,” says the 57-year-old tennis commentator.

‘I became close to Johannes, and so did my children. He came to my house for dinner many times and after the final neither of us could bear not talking every day.”

Annabel, whose husband, Mel Coleman, died of cancer last year at the age of 60, says: ‘Johannes and I are connected by more than just dancing. He was a huge support as I navigated strictly without my husband. Johannes’ father died when he was young, and in 2021 he lost his aunt – the person who got him into dancing and paid for his lessons – so we understood each other.

‘It was strictly a distraction from the sadness and I laughed a lot during rehearsals. Have I ever felt guilty about that? No, because Mel had a brilliant sense of humor and would have wanted that laugh.”

The memorial service for Chryssie, Lady Cobbold – who helped turn her husband’s family home, Knebworth, into a venue for some of rock’s biggest concerts – was packed to the rafters yesterday.

Hundreds of family and friends, including Harry Potter star Helena Bonham Carter, filled St. Martin’s Church in Knebworth, Hertfordshire.

Chryssie died last month at the age of 83. All six children she raised – she and the late Lord Cobbold’s four descendants plus two Ugandan brothers they informally adopted after the boys’ parents had political problems under Idi Amin – paid moving tributes, as did most. of her 16 grandchildren.