How girlfriend's father shot to success

Source: The Daily Telegraph (UK)

Date: 11 December 2004

Author: David Blair

Thousands of Zimbabwe's white landowners might have been swept away by land seizures, but Charles Davy, the father of Prince Harry's girlfriend Chelsy, is among a handful still going. His company, HHK safaris, controls five lucrative hunting concessions with 15 camps for wealthy visitors. Concessions and hunting licences are awarded at the discretion of President Robert Mugabe's regime. The business has helped Mr Davy to become extremely rich. For a 24-day safari killing lions, elephants, leopards and buffalos, he charges £660 a day. There is a trophy fee of £5,200 for every bagged elephant and £2,300 for every lion. Internal flights from airports to safari camps cost extra. The return journey from Victoria Falls to Lemco safari area costs £2,200 for an eight-seat plane. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has claimed that HHK has links to the Mugabe regime. The Herald, the official newspaper, has reported that Webster Shamu, an MP from the ruling Zanu PF party and minister in the president's office, has represented HHK at hunting conventions. But Mr Davy's brother, Vincent, a director of HHK, said: "He [Mr Shamu] certainly has not had involvement with HHK. The Herald gets lots of things wrong."