James Hewitt, 64, a former love interest of Princess Diana, reportedly established a non-profit organization to aid vulnerable people in leaving war-struck Ukraine.
Hewitt worked to create Humanitarian Online Payments (HOP), a group that dispatches a convoy of up to nine vehicles carrying Ukrainians out of the conflict zone.
He co-founded the organization with Mikey Stewart Richardson, the son of a decorated British captain who established the Afghan Mother and Child Rescue in the early 1990s.
When he was a young Household Cavalry officer from 1986 to 1991, Hewitt had a five-year relationship with Princess Diana.
The Princess of Wales verified the relationship in the infamous Panorama interview with discredited journalist Martin Bashir.
Despite having a heart attack and a stroke five years ago, Hewitt has continued to save and transport persecuted Ukrainians to safety. A person closes to Hewitt told the Daily Mail that “he’s doing something useful.”
The organization which relocates Ukrainian families to secure regions in the UK or EU is described by Hewitt and Stewart-Richardson as a “not-for-profit” on their website.
“We visit all parts of Ukraine, including the areas close to the front line, to find, help and assist in collecting the young, old and infirm Ukrainians who wish to flee Putin. It’s essential work and we’re humbled to play a small part in the incredible story of the charity, Operation SafeDrop,” the website reads.
To help with evacuations, they have teamed up with an organization called Operation SafeDrop which has been working in Poland and Ukraine since March.
