Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Shake Up Their Team as 4 Key Staffers Exit
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Shake Up Their Team as 4 Key Staffers Exit originally appeared on Parade.
A handful of staffers have left their jobs working for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in recent weeks, according to People on June 13. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have made a number of changes in their staffing over the past year, several of those changes being rather significant ones.
People shared that the four key staffers who recently exited their positions include Kyle Boulia, who was the deputy press secretary for the couple. Boulia was based in Los Angeles. Hello! reported that Charlie Gipson, the pair's press officer based in the United Kingdom, has left as well.
Boulia and Gipson joined Prince Harry and Markle's staff in April 2024, People shared. In addition to the departures of Gipson and Boulia, Hello! noted that two people from Meghan's private team also left in recent weeks.
The new exits come months after Markle and Prince Harry brought on Meredith Kendall Maines, a veteran of Hulu and Google, to be their first chief communications officer.
In response to the recent exits, Maines said, "As the Duke and Duchess's business and philanthropic interests grow, I have made the strategic decision to move toward a more traditional communications structure of specialist agency support."
Maines added, "Transitioning from a team of two to an agency support staff of eight, operating across five different time zones, will give international media and stakeholders better access, and critically, faster response times to inquiries."
An insider told Hello!, "Something tells me there will be another change in the future. Meghan and Harry have hired some of the most incredible people at the top of their fields, yet somehow none of them ever work out."
In August 2024, Prince Harry and Markle made headlines with other staff departures. Fox News quoted photographer and royal broadcaster Helena Chard as saying "something is wrong," prompting the "revolving door" of staff for Markle and Prince Harry.
At the time, Chard said, "A revolving door of staff seems to be the norm for Harry and Meghan. Eighteen members of their staff have departed their team."
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Shake Up Their Team as 4 Key Staffers Exit first appeared on Parade on Jun 13, 2025
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