Meghan and Harry’s foundation gives £10,000 to fundraiser aiming to get book of ‘inspirational’ stories from ethnic minorities into every UK secondary school

• A Colourful View From The Top is a novel curated by Jonathan Mildenhall
• A GoFundMe has been set up to provide a copy in every secondary school in UK 

Harry and Meghan’s foundation has donated £10,000 in a bid to place a diverse book of ‘raw’ and ‘inspirational’ stories from ethnic minorities into every state secondary school in the UK.

A Colourful View From The Top is a novel which features entrepreneurs, executives and ‘thought leaders’ from ethnic minority backgrounds, and aims to help ‘change the narrative’ for their communities.

It showcases ’21 extraordinary stories of black and brown excellence in business’.  

The book’s curator, Jonathan Mildenhall, co-founder of marketing company Twenty First Century Brand, has said he ‘won’t rest until I know that there is a copy of this book in every single high school in the UK’ and a GoFundMe has been set up to achieve that goal.

With a target of £82,000, more than half the money has been raised thanks in part to a £10,000 donation from the Archewell Foundation on Monday, before Harry’s appearance at the High Court in London to give evidence in his claim against the publisher of the Mirror over alleged unlawful information-gathering.

Harry and Meghan’s Archewell foundation has donated £10,000 in a bid to place a diverse book of ‘raw’ and ‘inspirational’ stories from ethnic minorities into every state secondary school in the UK

A Colourful View From The Top is a novel which features entrepreneurs, executives and ‘thought leaders’ from ethnic minority backgrounds

An update from Mr Mildenhall on the GoFundMe page on Wednesday read: ‘Hello and thank you to our amazing donors. We’re more than halfway there at £42k raised!

‘For now, we want to ask our donors to share this with your networks again with the good news that we’re at the halfway point!

‘The more this fundraiser is shared the closer we can get to our target and inspire the next generation of young people in the UK – and maybe even beyond.’

Mr Mildenhall also confirmed that the National Literacy Trust had agreed to distribute the books, using money from the fundraiser.

It comes as Prince Harry’s trial entered its second day of evidence today. 

The Duke Of Sussex is suing Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) for damages over claims journalists at its titles used hacking, ‘blagging’ and other illegal means of deception. 

He repeatedly clashed with Andrew Green KC during the cross-examination, including a series of testy exchanges. 

The KC told the prince after one fractious exchange: ‘Could I just repeat what I said yesterday – this is about me asking you questions, not you asking me questions.’ 

A court artist’s sketch of Prince Harry being cross-examined by Andrew Green KC, acting for Mirror Group Newspapers 

Harry, 38, alleges that about 140 articles published between 1996 and 2010 by MGN publications contained information gathered using unlawful methods, and 33 of these have been selected to be considered at the trial. 

Harry’s claim is being heard alongside three other ‘representative’ claims in a trial which began last month and is due to last six to seven weeks.

The three other representative claimants are Coronation Street actor Michael Turner – known professionally as Michael Le Vell -who is best known for playing Kevin Webster in the long-running soap, former Coronation Street actress Nikki Sanderson, and comedian Paul Whitehouse’s ex-wife Fiona Wightman.

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