Moment California’s Dem Governor Gavin Newsom breaks from his work to defend Prince Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation after ‘delinquent’ row [Video]

California‘s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom went out of his way Tuesday to defend Prince Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation amid a scandal over the late payment of a $200 filing fee, something that officials say is resolved.

Newsom, considered by many to be a shining light in American liberal politics, was speaking at an event in the crime ridden Bay Area promoting a $3.3 billion investment in mental health treatment.  

But the governor made the unusual decision to go off-script to stand up for the pair after the recent row over the Archewell Foundation calling the charity’s work ‘extraordinary.’

‘I just want folks to know that not only are they in compliance, it was a technical paperwork issue that was wildly overhyped,’ he said. 

MailOnline earlier reportedthat the foundation fell into delinquency in the state of California, where it was registered in 2021, over the failure to pay a filing fee. It was later …