For years now, King Charles has had very little to do with the daily operations of his signature charity, The Prince’s Trust. Neither of his sons wanted to take over the trust, and so Charles basically put people in charge to operate it like a business, with a board of directors and regular fundraisers and events hosted by any of the dozens of Prince’s Trust ambassadors. So many celebrities are ambassadors for the trust, including Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Luke Evans, Ant and Dec, etc. Well, Phillip Schofield was an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust as well. In the wake of Schofield’s scandalous relationship with a much-younger man, that ambassadorship is now over. The trust didn’t even fire him outright – they came to a mutual agreement. Face-saving wording for Schofield. Why does he deserve that?

Phillip Schofield has been dropped as an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust after his admission of an affair with a younger male colleague. The charity, founded by the King, said it was “no longer appropriate” for it to work with the presenter. Schofield left ITV’s This Morning last week after two decades as host.

A spokesperson for The Prince’s Trust said: “In light of Phillip’s recent admissions, we have agreed with him that it is no longer appropriate to work together.”

The announcement comes after Schofield admitted to having an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague on the show. His admission saw him quit all his duties for ITV and be dropped by his talent agency, YMU. It comes as ITV bosses will soon be quizzed by MPs over their handling of the situation at This Morning.

[From Sky News]

I mean… Charles has always been a terrible judge of character. He was close to Jimmy Savile for decades while Savile was a serial predator of children. Charles was also mentored by Lord Mountbatten, who likely abused children too. I always wonder if all of it is an open secret when you get to the upper echelons of British society – like, Schofield’s (despicable, criminal) arrangement with his victim was in plain sight, and people went out of their way to cover up for him and protect him. Same with all of the other white men in Charles’s orbit.

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