Tetra Pak tycoon’s gift helps Harry and Wills to raise £10m

SOUL-BARING interviews by Princes William and Harry have led to a surge in donations to their charitable foundation.

The brothers’ drive to use their personal experiences to highlight issues around mental health meant the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry raised £10million last year – more than double the figure contributed the year before.

The record amount includes what accounts describe as a ‘generous donation to support mental health’ by a mystery donor.

The Daily Mail can reveal that it came from The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust, founded by Tetra Pak billionaire Hans Rausing and his wife Julia Delves Broughton,

‘Shared anguish’

the Christie’s art expert. The sum is not specified but is believed to run into the millions.

Mr Rausing, a former heroin addict, was convicted of preventing the lawful burial of his first wife Eva in 2012 after she died as a result of cocaine abuse.

He was handed a ten-month suspended jail term after admitting hiding her body at their £70million Chelsea home for several weeks.

Now free from drugs, Mr Rausing devotes himself to his philanthropic work.

The Royal Foundation is the primary charity vehicle of William, Kate and Harry, focusing on the Armed Forces, disadvantaged children and young people and conservation.

Over the past 18 months the two princes have given a series of interviews in which they have spoken of their shared anguish at the loss of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, 20 years ago.

A Kensington Palace spokesman confirmed that 2016 had been an extremely busy one for The Royal Foundation.

They said: ‘We have seen exciting initiatives continue to grow, which support young people, the military and conservation.’